A. Each application for water is to be considered on its own merits. The Winchester Water Department reserves the right to deny any application for the use that they determine may jeopardize the safety or health of current water users, or will create an unsafe demand on the water system, or have negative impact on the volume or quality or pressure on existing customers.
B. The Water Department shall be responsible for the water main tap and water service construction between the water main and property line including curb stop. The Winchester Water Department will make 3/4” and 1” taps for water services, for services larger than 1” the owner shall hire a qualified contractor to make the tap and to install the service to the curb stop. This work shall be done under the direct supervision of the Water Department. The property owner shall be responsible for the excavation, backfilling, road replacement, and permits and police details associated with installing the water service. Water services longer than 300 feet shall be required to be 1” or larger and have an approved water meter pit at the property line. No direct taps will be allowed except into ductile iron pipe. All other makes
of pipe will have an approved tapping sleeve or saddle. The Water Department will witness and inspect all services prior to backfilling.
C. The applicant/owner shall be responsible for and bear all costs associated with connecting and maintaining the water service from curb stop to the facility served.
D. Prior to water service construction the applicant shall complete a water service application, pay to the Water Department all applicable fees, submit plans/drawings of planned construction, consult with the Water Department staff to coordinate all details pertaining to water service construction. A minimum of one weeks notice is required prior to commencing construction.
E. Water service piping must be installed with a minimum of 5-foot depth of cover at least 10 feet from and 18 inches above subsurface sewage disposal systems. If a 5-foot depth of bury cannot be achieved, then approved methods for insulating the service must be installed. It is highly recommended that all new services, and those being upgraded, where they cross under a roadway shall be insulated with a minimum of 2” of rigid foam insulation. Services longer than 300 feet will be required to install a meter pit at a location approved by the Water Department.
F. Whenever water service piping must cross sewer lines, both pipes shall be constructed of class 150 minimum pressure pipes and be tested to assure water tightness. Sleeving of both water and sewer lines maybe done but only if the ends of the sleeving extends a minimum of 10 feet from where the lines cross. All efforts shall be made to minimize the number of pipe connections within this area.
G. Water service piping shall not be backfilled until inspected and approved by the Water Department. This includes all work done from the street to the structure being served.
H. A service connection shall consist of a tapping sleeve or saddle, corporation stop, curb stop, curb box, copper or CTS tubing, meter and backflow device. The corporation stop and curb stop shall have a full diameter port, with Teflon seat, bronze or stainless ball, and quarter turn open close control. Curb stop valves shall not have drains and will open left.
I. Corporation stops shall be all bronze, or all brass construction with lapped bronze or stainless ball and ground key. Outlet connections shall be compression type suitable for copper tubing service. All stops shall be ball valves.
J. The curb box shall be of the telescoping type, designed so that vehicle loads are not transmitted to the curb stop. The box shall be tar-based enamel coated inside and out. A 2 ½” Buffalo style curb box or equivalent shall be used.
K. Service piping shall be type K annealed copper tubing or 200-psi CTS (copper tube size) plastic tubing suitable for underground and drinking water use. Service lines between the water main and the curb stop will be copper. All new services shall be a minimum of 1” diameter. Repairs to existing services not of 1” diameter will be allowed without the need to upgrade the service to 1” diameter piping/tubing.
L. A 4-foot minimum horizontal separation shall be maintained between water service piping and all underground utilities. Water service lines shall be kept a minimum of 10 feet away from any septic leach field.
M. To eliminate the possibility of cross-connections, water service piping or fixtures of any description that are connected to the Winchester Water Department distribution system shall not, under any circumstances, be connected with any other source of water supply.
N. Water shall not be left running to prevent freezing without prior authorization of the Water Department. Services that have a history of reoccurring freezing shall be repaired/replaced/relocated to prevent freezing. Service lines on the house side of the curb stop are the responsibility of the property owner; service lines on the street side of the curb stop are the responsibility of the Winchester Water Department.
O. Booster pumps are not permitted on any water service without a D.E.S approved backflow located before the pump. A certified backflow tester shall test this backflow device twice per year.
P. Each individual dwelling, business, condo, and apartment house must have a separate connection and curb stop to the main. Services will not be shared with another property or water user.
Q. Each sprinkler system must have a separate line from domestic use and shall have an appropriate backflow device installed.
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