GCWW certified tapper bonds.
$100 flat.
Greater Cincinnati Water Works requires a $1,000 certified tapper bond from certified tappers installing small-branch (2-inch and smaller) taps on the public water system. The premium is $100 flat, set by our carrier's rate book for this bond. The bond issues the moment you pay — no credit check.
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How much does a GCWW certified tapper bond cost?
$100 at the $1,000 amount, the same for every applicant.
Three steps. One sitting.
Tapper bonds are about as simple as surety gets. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details and an effective date. That is the application. No credit check.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase.
Deliver to GCWW Engineering
Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to deliver to the GCWW engineering counter at 4747 Spring Grove Ave. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) certifies tappers to install small-branch (2-inch and smaller) service taps on its public water system. A certified tapper with a tapping machine posts a $1,000 certified tapper bond before performing subdivision and small-branch tap work.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Greater Cincinnati Water Works (the obligee). The bond backs your compliance with GCWW standards and your responsibility to perform tapping work properly and protect the public water system.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Certified tappers who follow GCWW procedures treat the bond as a certification formality.
You need this bond if you are
Claims, renewal, filing, and what sets the price.
If a claim is made
A claim comes from the party the bond protects, the obligee named on the form, when the duty the bond guarantees is not met.
The surety investigates and pays a valid claim, up to the $1,000 bond amount. You then repay the surety: a surety bond is a guarantee of your performance, not insurance for you.
Renewal and term
The bond runs to December 31 whatever day you buy; the premium covers the period to that date.
Renewal falls on the statutory date, December 31, in the year your term ends.
Renew before the expiry date to keep the bond in force: the license, permit or contract it backs expects continuous coverage.
How to file it
Deliver to GCWW Engineering. Your executed bond arrives by email, ready to deliver to the GCWW engineering counter at 4747 Spring Grove Ave. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
What sets the price
The premium is fixed at $100 at the $1,000 amount for every applicant: the carrier’s rate book prices this bond by the form, not by your credit or your business profile.
No credit check.
One application, issued instantly.
These are the actual issuing fields. No credit check.
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$100 flat, no credit check, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.