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Water and Sewer Line Extensions Owned by Utility
Publication year - 1986
Publication title -
journal ‐ american water works association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.466
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1551-8833
pISSN - 0003-150X
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8833.1986.tb05824.x
Subject(s) - business , property (philosophy) , line (geometry) , water utility , property law , real property , law and economics , finance , law , property rights , economics , engineering , water supply , political science , mathematics , environmental engineering , geometry , philosophy , epistemology
In a dispute involving the question of ownership of main extensions constructed by and at the expense of private property owners, a New Jersey appellate court concluded that a utility authority owned off‐site water and sewer lines built with approval of the authority. The claim by the property owners relating to another property owner's request to tie into the line, the court stated, should be made to the authority, who should apportion the cost of the line extensions among the property owners benefited and reimburse them for costs in excess of their fair share.