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Originally Posted by vermicious knid
SOOOO much water gushed into the front yard and down the sewer last night. It was bubbling up from a spot in the yard between the water meter and the house. It has been shut off now, so there is no more water leaking. I assume this pipe is my responsibility and not the city's, right? Has something like this happened to you? Any advice would be appreciated.
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this happened to a relative. the pipe burst under her lawn and she underwent a lot of back and forth with the city due to their stating their responsbility for the pipe ended when it hit her lawn edge of the public sidewalk. she fought that as the main reason the pipe broke was due to the city's tree planted on the city side of the sidewalk had rooted underneath her lawn causing the pipe to burst. she negotiated a settlement resulting in the city paying for 3/4 of the repair ($5000)