I know here, you are responsible for the water main from the point where it crosses into your property. If it breaks in your yard, you are on the hook for repairing it. If it breaks in the street, the city foots the bill. If it breaks right on the line, I guess you battle it out. :)

Its different with cable and phone here. If you cut the line in your yard, they will come repair it. Free. Go figure. When I was renting with roommates, the damn dog kept digging up the coax across the back yard. I probably put 3 or 4 F81s in that thing over the couple of years I was there.

All I know is that when there is only a single coax to the demarc point, and cable and dish show up at the same time, it gets entertaining. That day, the cable guy lost. :)