Greater Cincinnati Water Works developer bonds.
$300. Five minutes.
Greater Cincinnati Water Works requires a $10,000 developer bond for water-main and service-line work tied to a subdivision or development. Ours is $300 flat, which is 3% of the bond amount. The application is five minutes, with no credit check on this bond.
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Three steps. One sitting.
Developer bonds like this are simple. Here's the entire process:
Apply online
Business details, the subdivision name and lot count, tapper and WSL number, and an effective date. That's the application — no financials, no credit check section.
Pay & e-sign
Bonds like this are among the thousands of bond types that issue right after purchase. At most, 1–2 business days.
File with Greater Cincinnati Water Works
Your executed bond and power of attorney arrive by email, ready to file with Greater Cincinnati Water Works. Wet-ink original mailed on request.
The whole pricing page.
$10,000 bond × 3% = $300, one-time per term. Fixed amount, fixed price, multi-year if you want it.
What it is and who needs it.
What the bond actually guarantees
Greater Cincinnati Water Works (GCWW) is the regional public water utility serving Cincinnati and surrounding communities. When a developer extends water mains and service lines into a new subdivision, GCWW conditions the work on a $10,000 developer bond. The bond is a workmanship-and-completion guarantee: it stands behind your obligation to build the water infrastructure to GCWW specifications.
It's a three-party arrangement: you (the principal), the surety carrier, and Greater Cincinnati Water Works (the obligee). If a developer's water-main work is left incomplete or out of spec, GCWW can recover against the bond to make it right.
It is not insurance for you — if the surety pays a claim, you repay the surety. Developers who build to GCWW standards treat the bond as a project formality, not a risk.
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Five minutes. The whole thing.
These are the actual issuing fields — including the subdivision and WSL details GCWW needs, but no credit check section, because this bond doesn't have one.
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Finish your GCWW developer filing today.
$300 flat, five-minute application, bond often issued in the same sitting. Free until issued.