Start with the Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (WASD) Utilities Information Request page. Order an Atlas map first, copy the as-built numbers it shows, then order those as-built files. WASD describes the Atlas as the map that shows which utilities abut or sit within a property, and the as-built numbers on it as the key for ordering detailed infrastructure drawings. If you already have the numbers, you can skip straight to the as-built request.
How a WASD request works, step by step
- Fill out the Utilities Information Request form in e-Builder, the County’s online project system. For as-builts, attach the As-built Print Form listing the numbers, or list every number in the request information section.
- Keep the automated confirmation email. It carries your process number, which is how WASD tracks the request.
- After review, WASD emails an invoice. Pay it through the County’s online payment page and send proof of payment back to the WASD representative so the request continues.
- Check status with the e-Builder search using the process number.
WASD lists these fees as of October 2026: Atlas $5 per page, as-built $10 per page, sewer lateral location $10, easement consent letter $50 and preliminary water and sewer information form $35. A request for many as-built sheets adds up, so order the sheets that cover your property line rather than every number on the Atlas.
Preserve the handoff between records
Build this working sheet before asking for another copy:
- Property context: address, folio if you already know it, and the approximate project year.
- Atlas response: date, map or sheet label, and the utility area shown.
- As-built numbers: every number exactly as shown, including punctuation and leading zeros.
- Request trail: process number, invoice and response dates, and the exact file still missing.
The sheet keeps a tracking identifier from becoming a document identifier. It also makes a partial response visible: a returned locator can answer the first question while the underlying drawing remains absent.
Do not substitute another request object
- Sewer lateral location: a separate $10 request for when an as-built shows a lateral you can’t find in the field. WASD’s rules make the customer responsible for the connection from the sewer main to facilities on the property.
- Easement Consent Letter: WASD non-objection to proposed construction within a utility easement; it does not establish property rights.
- Preliminary W&S Information: preliminary water-and-sewer information; it does not replace formal connection information in an LOA or agreement.
Write one missing object at the top of the request note. “All utility records” hides the gap. A named drawing identifier, the date of the earlier response and the utility scope give the custodian a file identity to test.
If a returned file answers a different question, preserve it under its own title. Do not label one record incomplete merely because another record type is still missing.
Diagnose a fictional mismatch
Consider a wholly fictional folder with one tracking number and a locator that cites two drawing identifiers. The two detailed files are missing. A request framed only around the tracking number may recover the correspondence while leaving the drawings unresolved.
Record the tracking number as the request trail. Put each drawing identifier on its own line, add the locator date, and mark “file not present.” Ask which file corresponds to each number. When a copy arrives, compare its title block and identifier with the line that requested it; keep a mismatched copy rather than renaming it.
Suppose one returned sheet shows a mapped feature but does not resolve the field position at issue. Preserve the sheet as received and open a separate location question. The example demonstrates record reconciliation. It is not a result for a real property and does not claim that the fictional identifiers exist.
Recover a named older or missing file
The County page sends all utility-information applications through e-Builder. Keep the process number and each as-built number together; WASD tracks the request by the first and finds drawings by the second. If your water or sewer service is billed by a city utility rather than WASD, the local lines may be in that city’s records, because WASD also sells water wholesale to municipal utilities.
If that route cannot supply a specifically named existing file, the County’s public-records page provides a separate request-and-tracking route. Its custodian directory identifies the Water and Sewer Department as the departmental custodian. Carry forward the exact missing filename or number and the earlier response date. This route does not guarantee that an older drawing survives, is online or will be disclosed.
A blank or partial response doesn’t prove that no County record exists.
Keep utility drawings separate from building records
The Miami-Dade permit-search guide covers building permits, inspections, certificates and issuing jurisdiction. The Miami-Dade building-plan guide concerns permit-indexed building drawings and copy formats. Neither is the Water and Sewer record chain described here.
WASD states it isn’t responsible for discrepancies between County records and field conditions, so a drawing doesn’t prove where a pipe is today; for digging, call 811 first. A utility record also doesn’t prove permit issuance, passed inspection, acceptance, closure or occupancy approval.
Miami-Dade WASD Utilities Information Request page and County public-records pages checked October 20, 2026.