HomeMy WebLinkAbout4a. Construction of A Water System- OWD Water NotesOTAY WATER DISTRICT WATER NOTES:
1. WATER MAINS AND APPURTENANCES SHALL BE CONSTRUCTED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH THESE PLANS AND THE CURRENT APPROVED WATER AGENCIES’ STANDARDS.
2. OTAY DISTRICT INSPECTION SHALL RECEIVE THE CONSTRUCTION SCHEDULE AT
LEAST FIVE (5) WORKING DAYS IN ADVANCE OF THE START OF CONSTRUCTION.
WORK DONE WITHOUT BENEFIT OF INSPECTION SHALL BE SUBJECT TO REMOVAL
AT THE CONTRACTOR’S EXPENSE. THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF OTAY WATER
DISTRICT INSPECTION IS (619) 670-2203.
3. CONSTRUCTION SHALL NOT START UNTIL THE SUBDIVISION AGREEMENT HAS BEEN
EXECUTED BETWEEN THE OTAY WATER DISTRICT AND THE DEVELOPER AND A PRE-
CONSTRUCTION MEETING HAS BEEN HELD WITH THE OTAY WATER DISTRICT’S
INSPECTION DEPARTMENT.
4. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL POTHOLE ALL TIE-IN LOCATIONS BEFORE PIPE
INSTALLATION TO DETERMINE PIPE SIZE AND MATERIAL, ELEVATION, AND IF TIE-IN
CAN BE MADE AT THE LOCATION INDICATED. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL ALSO
POTHOLE ALL EXISTING UTILITIES THAT MAY INTERFERE WITH THE TIE-IN
LOCATION AND EXPOSE PIPE A MINIMUM OF 3-FEET ON EACH SIDE OF THE
CONNECTION POINT TO ASSURE THAT NO COLLARS ARE IN THE TAP AREA. ANY
DISCREPANCIES SHALL BE BROUGHT TO THE ATTENTION OF THE OTAY WATER
DISTRICT’S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SERVICES PRIOR TO PROCEEDING.
5. WATER PRESSURE REGULATORS WILL BE REQUIRED. THE INSTALLATION AND
MAINTENANCE OF REGULATORS SHALL BE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE
DEVELOPER.
6. APPROVAL OF THE PLANS BY THE OTAY WATER DISTRICT DOES NOT CONSTITUTE
RESPONSIBILITY FOR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION NOR LOCATIONS OF EXISTING
FACILITIES.
7. DEVELOPER/CUSTOMER AGREES THAT IF IT, ITS EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, OR ANY
INDEPENDENT CONTRACTORS OR SUBCONTRACTORS SHOULD MAKE AN
UNAUTHORIZED CONNECTION TO THE DISTRICT WATER SYSTEM, CUSTOMER IS
SUBJECT TO THE FINES SET FORTH IN SECTION 72 OF THE DISTRICT’S CODE OF
ORDINANCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, SECTION 72.03, “CERTAIN SPECIFIC
OPERATIONAL VIOLATIONS”. CUSTOMER ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
PAYMENT OF FINES MAY BE DEDUCTED FROM ANY DEPOSIT CUSTOMER HAS WITH
THE DISTRICT.
8. NO PERSON, OTHER THAN AN EMPLOYEE OR AGENT OF THE DISTRICT, SHALL HAVE
ANY RIGHT TO OPERATE ANY PART OF A DISTRICT WATER DISTRIBUTION SYTEM.
ANY PERSON WHO TAMPERS OR INTERFERES WITH ANY PART OR COMPONENT OF
SAID SYSTEM, OR CAUSES OR PERMITS ANY ACT OF TAMPERING OR INTERFERING
WITH THE SYSTEM, SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INJURY OR DAMAGE CAUSED
THEREBY OR RESULTING THEREFROM. IN ADDITION, THE FINES SET FORTH IN
SECTION 72 OF THE DISTRICT’S CODE OF ORDINANCES INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, SECTION 72.03, “CERTAIN SPECIFIC OPERATIONAL VIOLATIONS”, WILL
BE IMPOSED ON ANY PERSON OR COMPANY WHO OPERATES ANY PART OF THE
DISTRICT WATER SYSTEM WITHOUT PROPER AUTHORIZATION
9. NO MORE THAN 70 EQUIVALENT DWELLING UNITS CAN BE ON AN UNLOOPED
SYSTEM.
10. NO MORE THAN 1,320 FEET OF MAIN SHALL BE IN USE WITHOUT LOOPING TO A
SECOND SOURCE. THE WATER MAIN SHALL BE DESIGNED AND INSTALLED SO THAT
IT TERMINATES AT A LOT LINE AND NOT WITHIN A LOT OR OTHERWISE APPROVED
BY THE OTAY WATER DISTRICT.
11. THRUST BLOCK SIZING ASSUMES A SOIL BEARING CAPACITY OF 1,500 PSF. SHOULD
FIELD CONDITIONS INDICATE A LESSER SOIL BEARING CAPACITY, NOTIFY THE OTAY
WATER DISTRICT’S ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT, PUBLIC SERVICES.
12. THE TOP OF POTABLE WATER MAINS 12-INCHES IN DIAMETER AND SMALLER MUST
BE 3.5 FEET BELOW FINISHED GRADE. THE TOP OF RECYCLED WATER MAINS 12-
INCHES IN DIAMETER AND SMALLER MUST BE AT LEAST 4.5 FEET BELOW FINISHED
GRADE. ALL WATER MAINS 16-INCHES IN DIAMETER AND LARGER MUST HAVE AN
ADDITIONAL 1-FOOT OF COVER. THE TOP OF PIPE ELEVATIONS SHALL BE PROVIDED
ON THE PROFILE EVERY 100 FEET. PIPELINES MUST BE THE CLASS AS SHOWN AND
CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO THE APPROVED PLANS WITH A HORIZONTAL
TOLERANCE OF 0.15 FEET AND A VERTICAL TOLERANCE OF 0.10 FEET.
13. EVERY RESIDENTIAL LOT MUST BE SERVED BY A 1-INCH COPPER SERVICE (WAS
DWG WS-01). ALL OTHER LOTS MUST BE SERVED WITH A MINIMUM 2-INCH COPPER
SERVICE (WAS DWG WS-02). CATHODIC PROTECTION WILL BE REQUIRED ON ALL
NEW COPPER SERVICES AND COPPER APPUTENANCES PER WAS STANDARD
DRAWING WC-17. ALL SACRIFICIAL ANODES SHALL BE CONNECTED TO THE COPPER
APPURTENANCES AT THE TIME OF INSTALLATION. ANODES SHALL BE TESTED FOR
OPERATION WITH A REPORT ISSUED BY THE DEVELOPER’S CORROSION ENGINEER
STATING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF THE INSTALLATIONS AND STATING THAT THE
ANODES ARE PROVIDING ADEQUATE PROTECTION. SERVICE SADDLES SHALL BE A
MINIMUM 2.0 FEET AWAY FROM OTHER SADDLES AND OR JOINTS. MULTIPLE
SADDLES ON THE SAME PIPE LENGTH SHALL BE ALTERNATELY STAGGERED 10 TO
30 DEGREES TO PREVENT A WEAK PLANE IN THE PIPE.
14. FOR CONNECTIONS TO EXISTING WATER MAINS, ALL WET TAP CONNECTIONS TO
EXISTING PIPELINES, WHETHER FOR MAINLINE EXTENSION OR SERVICE LATERALS,
SHALL BE PERFORMED BY THE DISTRICT. THE CONTRACTOR SHALL FURNISH THE
TAPPING SLEEVE OR TEE, VALVES AND ALL OTHER MATERIALS AS CALLED FOR IN
THE WATER AGENCIES’ STANDARDS, http://www.sdwas.org/, STANDARD
SPECIFICATIONS SECTION, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE APPROVED MATERIALS LIST.
THE CONTRACTOR SHALL PROVIDE ALL EQUIPMENT, LABOR AND TRAFFIC CONTROL
REQUIRED FOR THE EXCAVATION AND INSTALLATION OF THE CONNECTION
INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO EXCAVATION BY HAND OR MACHINE, POURING OF
THRUST AND ANCHOR BLOCKS, INSTALLATION OF GATE CASING, PAINTING AND
WRAPPING OF FITTINGS, BACKFILL AND COMPACTION OF TRENCH AREA AND
PAVEMENT REPLACEMENT.
15. A MINIMUM OF 24-INCHES OF PERMANENT BACKFILL SHALL BE INSTALLED OVER
THE WATER MAIN PRIOR TO ANY TESTING.
16. ALL NEW GATE AND BUTTERFLY VALVES SHALL HAVE FLANGED ENDS UNLESS
OTHERWISE APPROVED BY THE DISTRICT ENGINEER.