A house connection (HC) is a lateral line constructed from a WSSC water and/or sewer main normally located in the street and that goes to the applicant’s property line. To recover house connection construction costs, the WSSC charges service applicants a fixed rate that is dependent on size and category of the connection. WSSC allows a deferred or an installment payment only for owner occupied dwellings with a failed well and/or septic system certified by the Health Department. Once the owner makes an application for service and the house connection is installed, then the deferred charges together with interest are assessed. (Property assessments manual § 12.0, dated October 1998)