Lawyer Jargon

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macphanatic wrote:
In many jurisdictions, the water company/authority's responsibility ends at the isolation valve for the supply feeding the property. This could be the curb box valve or meter pit if the meter is outside the building.

A different issue, usually the company/city authority's responsibility ends at the meter. That is normal.
I had a backflow valve go bust outside a warehouse. ie between the warehouse and the meter. Landlord's responsibility. Not city's, not mine.
A pipe burst inside the warehouse, I had to take care of it.
Unless there a specific language stating otherwise those rules are quite simple...

macphanatic wrote:
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Landlord, you are leasing inside space of the building and are responsible for things inside.
He is responsible to provide you with functioning premises and is responsible for things outside, like leaky roof, or leaky outside pipe. It is outside the leased space....

This may not be true. It all depends on the lease. If it is a Triple Net Lease, the lessee is responsible for everything (this includes property taxes, insurance, and maintenance/repair. Actually just the opposite, under the triple net, (whichever way it may be calculated) you are specifically paying additional rent monies to the landlord for him to take care of these specific issues....