A Request for Water Availability Document may only be made by the legal parcel owner, as listed by the County Assessor’s Office.
When do I need to fill out a Request for Water Availability Document?
When do I need to fill out a Request for Water Availability Document?A Request for Water Availability Document 
is required if you have a parcel in Washington Water’s retail service area and if you are:
Need a Certificate of Water Availability (sometimes referred to as Water Availability Letter)
Applying for a building permit (e.g. remodeling/building a new home, adding an ADU to the parcel)
Starting a new plat development project (residential/commercial)
How can I find out if I am in Washington Water’s retail service area?
Enter your address on our Find Your System page to see if it is in one of our water systems. If your parcel hasn’t been assigned an address, please reach out to the Water Availability Department.
Email: [email protected]
Phone: (877) 408-4060 and request Water Availability
What documents and forms are required?
The following items are required when submitting your application:
- Request for Water Availability: Form must be complete.
- Water availability analysis charge: Payment should be made payable to Washington Water Service and can be made with cash, check, or money order.
Analysis Charge:$20 Reissue of Certificate of Water Availability for an existing water service connection
Lender Letter (This letter simply states that the parcel is within Washington Water’s retail service area. This letter does NOT guarantee a water service connection.)$100 Request for 1-2 residential meters
Request for a release letter (serving 1 residence)$500 Request for 3 or more meters (commercial/residential)
Request for a release letter (serving 2 or more residences)Note: Water availability analysis charge is nonrefundable.
- Digital signature audit log: Required if the Request for Water Availability Document was signed using a digital signature service. The audit log should show when the request was sent, who received it, when the recipient logged in to the service, and when the recipient signed the document.
- Certificate of Formation: Required if parcel owner is an LLC or other type of business.
- Proof of Signatory Authority: Required if parcel owner is an LLC or other type of business. Please provide documentation that proves the signer has the authority to sign on behalf of the company.
- Preliminary plan sets: Required for boundary line adjustments, subdividing parcels, plat, or commercial development.
Requests will not be processed until all required documents and analysis charges have been received.
Mailing Address/Drop Box
The completed Request for Water Availability Document, other documents and non-refundable analysis charge can be mailed or dropped off below:
| Gig Harbor | East Pierce | |
|---|---|---|
| Water Availability P.O. Box 336 Gig Harbor, WA 98335 | Water Availability P.O. Box 44168 Tacoma, WA 98448 | |
| Drop Box | 14519 Peacock Hill Avenue NW Gig Harbor, WA 98332 | 5410 189th Street E, Puyallup, WA 98373 |
How much does a service connection cost?
Standard residential service connection charge (Includes meter at no additional cost.)
5/8″ Meter:
- $5,000.00 (service connection charge)
- Up to $1,549.00 (facilities charge)
1″ Meter:
- $7,721.52 (service connection charge)
- Up to $2,857.00 (facilities charge)
A standard residential meter size is 5/8″ x 3/4″. A larger meter may be required, depending on the fire sprinkler flow requirements. Please have your fire sprinkler installer specify all sprinkler flow requirements prior to installation of service, to avoid additional fees.
The service connection charge for a connection larger than 1″ is the cost of labor and materials, plus applicable taxes.
How long does it usually take to get a Certificate of Water Availability?
A Certificate of Water Availability is issued to the legal parcel owner after all the following conditions are met:
- A service connection has been installed
- All applicable fees have been paid
- An active billing account is set up
What does Ready-to-Serve mean?
Our normal installation process is to install a meter when we install a service connection. If the parcel owner wishes to install the service connection but postpones the installation of the meter, the parcel owner will be billed a monthly Ready-to-Serve charge until the service connection has been converted to an active metered service (see Washington Water Rate Information-UTC-Approved Tariff).
Rate Information and other Resources
- Washington Water rates information—UTC-Approved Tariff
- Sheet No. 12 Rule 22 Water Availability Analysis Charge
- Sheet No. 31 Schedule No. 2—Metered Rate Service
- Sheet No. 32 Schedule No 3—Facility Charge
- Sheet No. 33 Schedule No 4—Ready to Serve Service
- Sheet No. 40 Schedule No 8—Service Connection Charge
- Sheet No. 47 Schedule X—Ancillary Charges
- Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC)
- Department of Health (DOH) Drinking Water
- Washington State Legislature—Washington Administrative Code (WAC) Health, Department Chapters 246-290 to 246-296
