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City of Plymouth
STANDARD SPECIFICATIONSTABLE OF CONTENTS

W.950 SERVICES AND METERS

  1. DESCRIPTION OF SERVICE TO BE FURNISHED

    Upon request, the customer shall provide to the Water Department a written list of the devices which are to be connected to the Water Department's lines, giving the location of the building, and then the Water Department will advise the form and character of the supply available.

  2. SERVICES
    1. SERVICE CONNECTION - All connections with the mains shall be made by the Water Department. Customers shall pay all installation costs, including connections from the main to the curb stop, and shall furnish a frost proof location with clean and easy access (no crawl spaces) for the meter. Piping from the curb stop to the meter shall be installed and paid for by the customer. A shut off valve(s) and a meter holding device shall be furnished by the customer as specified by the Water Department.
    2. SERVICE LOCATION - The Water Department reserves the right to locate the point at which the service connection shall be made and to furnish and run service pipe from the main to: 1) the curb line; 2) the inside line of the sidewalk; or 3) the customer's property line; whichever is the most satisfactory location for the curb stop and valve box.
    3. SIZE OF SERVICE CONNECTION - The Water Department in every instance reserves the right, at its option, to designate and prescribe the size and kind of service connection, either upon original installation, or any renewal or replacement of existing connections.
    4. INSPECTION - The customer shall install and maintain at his own expense, the service line from the curb stop into his own premises. The Water Department shall be notified in advance of any such connection or repair and shall reserve the right to inspect before the trench is backfilled, each service installed.
    5. MATERIALS - All service pipe between the curb stop and the meter served shall be ductile iron, type "K" copper, or galvanized water pipe as approved by the Water Department. The use of existing lead pipe shall not be permitted for providing service to new buildings. Lead pipe shall be replaced at the customer's expense.
    6. NUMBER OF SERVICES REQUIRED - Each separate building or unit (except those buildings served by a master meter) shall have a separate and distinct service connection, and in no case shall more than one premises be served by a single connection, except only in cases where, at the discretion of the Water Department, the conditions make this impractical, in which event the Water Department may give permission for the use of one service connection for more than one premises, but in each case subject to the requirements and conditions as the Water Department may prescribe.
    7. SPECIAL PROTECTIVE DEVICES - Service lines for all new industrial customers, multi-storied buildings (excluding single family residences), and commercial customers as required by the Water Department, shall be equipped with an approved reduced pressure principal backflow preventer. The Water Department reserves the right, at its discretion, to require any customer to install on his service line a tank, check valve, detector check valve, reduced pressure principal backflow preventer, gate valve, or other appliances, apparatus or equipment of such a type and design as is approved by the Utility, in writing, and thereafter, to require any change, alteration, substitution, or addition to any such device as aforesaid. Failure upon the part of the customer to comply with such requirements of the Water Department within thirty (30) days after written notice to the customer, or within some agreed extension beyond such thirty (30) day period, shall authorize the Water Department at its option, and without further notice, to discontinue service.
    8. DAMAGE TO EXISTING SYSTEM - Any customer, developer, contractor, or person responsible for disturbing or damaging water service or valve boxes, once the service has been properly installed, shall be liable for the cost of repairs.

  3. METERS AND METERING
    1. GENERAL - Unless specified in the contract between the Water Department and the customer or by the rate on file, the water supplied shall be measured by a meter of standard manufacture as specified by the Water Department. The meter shall be furnished and installed by the Water Department according to its requirements. The customer shall provide for this purpose, free of expense to the Water Department, a suitable place near the service entrance either in the basement, on the ground floor, or in a meter pit installed at the customer's expense with the location of the meter pit to be determined by the Water Department.
    2. SIZE - The Water Department will designate the size and type of meter to be used by any customer.
    3. BY-PASSES - By-passes are not permitted. In special cases where service should not be interrupted, a by-pass may be permitted with permission granted by the Water Department Superintendent. Approved by-passes shall not exceed two (2) inches in diameter. All by-passes shall be equipped with valves that may be secured with a padlock.
    4. METER INSTALLATION - Before the Water Department installs a meter the customer shall provide a spot in the plumbing to accept the meter. The customer shall furnish and install approved gate valves on the inlet and outlet of the meter. After the meter has been properly installed it shall become the property of the Water Department, and it shall be provided to subsequent users of the same service without further charge. The customer shall be responsible for protecting the meter from freezing, fire, mechanical damage, and vandalism.
    5. METER MAINTENANCE - All meters or other appliances or equipment which are furnished by and at the expense of the Water Department, or become the property of the Water Department and which may at any time be on the customer's premises shall, unless otherwise provided herein, be and remain the property of the Water Department. The customer shall protect such property from freezing, fire, vandalism, and from other loss and or damage. No one who is not a representative of the Water Department shall be permitted to remove or tamper with such property. Ordinary calibration and repairs will be made by the Water Department without expense to the customer. Repairs of damage caused by carelessness or neglect on the part of the customer will also be made by the Water Department but the cost of such repairs shall be charged to the customer.

  4. PRIVATE FIRE PROTECTION SERVICE
    1. INSPECTION AND TESTING - The private fire protection service on a customer's premises shall be subject to inspection and testing by the Water Department or any other authority having jurisdiction at such times as it is deemed necessary.
    2. DESIGN APPROVAL - Before any modifications are made to any private fire protection service, or before service is furnished to any new private fire protection system connected to, or proposed to be connected to, and supplied with water from the Water Department's distribution mains; final plans of such fire protection system shall be filled with and approved by the Water Department. The following shall be shown on the final plans:
      1. The number of sprinkler heads to be served.
      2. The sizes and locations of the systems piping.
      3. The sizes and locations of all connections to the Water Department's service line and or mains.
      4. The sizes and locations of all sprinkler risers.
      5. The sizes, locations, and types of all valves.
      6. The sizes and locations of all hose connections, reels, and cabinets.
      7. The sizes and locations of any storage tanks connected to the system.
      8. The outlet sizes and locations of all fire hydrants.
    3. ACCESSIBILITY AND FROST PROTECTION - All fire protection lines within buildings must be installed in such a manner that all pipes shall be protected from frost and be easily accessible for inspection at any time. Underground pipes placed outside buildings must be placed and maintained at a minimum depth of four and one half feet (4-1/2').
    4. GENERAL PURPOSE TAP ON FIRE PROTECTION SYSTEM - No connection with a fire protection system will be permitted to supply water for general purposes unless the connection has been approved in writing by the Water Department and unless the purpose tap is metered. If such a connection is approved, it shall be made outside the building to be served and both the fire protection line and the general purpose line shall be valved separately in accordance to the Water Department's specifications to permit either to be turned on or off without affecting the other.
    5. CHECK VALVES, DETECTOR CHECK VALVES, AND REDUCED PRESSURE BACKFLOW PREVENTERS
      1. Double Check Valves - Shall be installed in every fire protection system. All check valves installed by the customer shall be of design and manufacture approved by the Water Department. In every case where double check valve system is approved by the Water Department, gate valves and gauges shall be installed in accordance with ISDH and AWWA recommendations and specifications.
      2. Double Detector Check Valves - The double detector check valves shall be installed by the customer at the customer's expense. The valves shall be installed with all necessary plumbing and valving to accept a meter. All required metering shall be furnished by the Water Department at the customer's expense.
      3. Backflow Preventers - Shall meet all the requirements set forth by the Water Department, ISDH, and the AWWA. Reduced pressure backflow preventers may not be installed in pits and or vaults or other confined areas below grade. The construction of by-pass lines around backflow preventers Is absolutely forbidden.
      4. Backflow Device Inspection - All backflow devices in service shall be inspected by a certified inspector according to ISDH requirements for frequency of that type of device. A report of the inspection shall be sent to the Water Department for their record.
      5. Number Of Services Allowed Per Tap - One service only will be allowed to any one building or premises, unless in the opinion of the Water Department, more than one is absolutely necessary for the proper protection of the premises. All fire protection equipment connected to the Water Department's service shall be confined within the building or on the premises named in the application, and where two (2) or more connections are made for one building or premises, they shall remain separate, unless special written permission is obtained from the Water Department to connect the same in a manner approved by it.
      6. Cross Connections - Any private fire protection system or any other service supplied with water from the Water Department service shall be supplied exclusively with such water and no connection shall be allowed with any other source whereby the Water Department supply may be contaminated by the failure to close valves, or leaking check valves, etc., and no auxiliary nor secondary suction pipe to any underwriters pump taking water from wells, streams, tanks of any kind, or other source whatever, whether like or similar to those enumerated will be permitted. Any private fire protection system, on-site distribution system, plumbing on premises, or other systems for use of water for any purpose whatever using water from wells, streams, or other sources than the Water Department service shall be kept absolutely separate from any such system supplied from the Water Department's service.

  5. INSIDE PIPING. SERVICE LINES, AND SHUT-OFF VALVES
    1. GENERAL - Each applicant for service shall, at his own expense, equip his service line with a suitable shut-off valve or valves just inside the foundation wall and shall provide all piping and attachments, all of which shall be assembled, installed and maintained by the customer, subject to approval of any authorized inspectors and in accordance with the Water Department's General Rules in force at that time, or as may be amended from time to time.
    2. SHUT-OFF VALVES - Each service line shall have a gate valve on the inlet and outlet of the meter.
    3. MAINTENANCE OF SERVICE LINES AND METER BOXES
      1. Meter Vaults And Pits - All meter boxes, pits, or vaults constructed or installed by the customer, regardless of location, and all such boxes constructed or installed by the Water Department, regardless of location, shall be maintained in good repair by the customers and at the customer's expense. The Water Department will not maintain the piping, fittings, valves, or appurtenances leading to and from such meter box. The Water Department will maintain only from the curb stop back to the main. All meter vaults and boxes shall be so designed and constructed as to be free from ground water and noxious gases. The vaults shall be equipped with O.S.H.A. approved entrances and ladders. If surface and or ground waters have a tendency to accumulate in the vault, a sump pump shall be installed as a part of the structure. The customer must maintain the cleanliness and safety of the vault at his expense. If the customer fails to provide proper maintenance to the structure, the Water Department, at its option, may either: 1) provide necessary maintenance and bill the customer for labor and materials; or 2) discontinue water service to the customer as provided for in the General Rules, until such time as necessary repairs are made.

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