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title: "East Bay Sewer Lateral Guides | East Bay Sewer Inspection"
description: "Guides to the EBMUD private sewer lateral certificate for East Bay home sales: how the program works, fees, covered cities and contractors, with official sources."
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# East Bay sewer lateral guides

Guides to the EBMUD Regional Private Sewer Lateral program and Berkeley's city program. Each guide links the EBMUD, city or CSLB page it relies on.

- [How the EBMUD sewer lateral program works](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/ebmud-psl-program/): How the EBMUD Regional Private Sewer Lateral (PSL) ordinance works at sale: Compliance Certificate, verification test, time extensions, exemptions.
- [Sewer lateral certificate fees and costs](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/sewer-lateral-cost/): EBMUD sewer lateral certificate fees ($407 Compliance Certificate as of July 2026) and what drives contractor repair and replacement costs.
- [Where the sewer lateral rule applies](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/cities/): Cities and areas covered by the EBMUD Regional Private Sewer Lateral ordinance, with start dates, plus Berkeley's separate program.
- [Contractors on EBMUD's list](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/contractors/): 41 contractors from EBMUD's PSL courtesy list, with services, phone, email and active CSLB licenses, plus how to vet a sewer lateral contractor.

## City guides

[Alameda](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/alameda/) · [Albany](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/albany/) · [Berkeley](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/berkeley/) · [El Cerrito](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/el-cerrito/) · [Emeryville](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/emeryville/) · [Kensington](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/kensington/) · [Oakland](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/oakland/) · [Piedmont](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/piedmont/) · [Richmond Annex](https://eastbaysewerinspection.com/city/richmond-annex/)