§ 15.01.670. Culinary service lateral connections.

All copper pipe will be Type K and shall comply with ASTM Specification B88.

One-inch minimum to be Type K soft copper (compression fittings only). ^*

One and one-half to two-inch to be Type K rigid copper (compression fittings only). ^*

Over two inches to be ductile iron.

^* Fittings other than copper shall be brass. No splices allowed between water main line and meter setter.

1.

Meter setters, box and cover. Meter setter shall be equivalent with required service lateral size and shall be Ford or Mueller or approved equivalent with state approval dual check valves. The meter box shall be twenty-one-inch diameter by thirty-six-inch high corrugated with groove to fit over the inlet and outlet line. The meter cover shall be D&L supply L-2242 with two-inch hole for Auto Reader with recessed standard waterworks pentagon head locking device and raised cast center rim. The top of water meter lid final grade is to be within one-half inch of final sidewalk grade or surrounding sloped grade. Electrical grounding shall not be permitted inside meter can or on street side of service.

2.

Flared joints. Flared joints for soft copper water tubing shall be made with fittings meeting approved standards. The tubing shall be expanded with the proper flaring tool.

3.

Copper tubing to screw pipe joints. Joints from copper tubing to threaded pipe shall be made by the, use of brass adapter fittings.

4.

Compression fittings. A mechanical compression fitting which depends on an internal retention device to prevent pipe or tubing from separating shall be of a "Ford" or approved equivalent type fitting with a locking screw.

5.

Solder and sweat joints. Joints in copper tubing shall be made by the appropriate use of approved brass or copper fittings. Surface to be joined by soldering shall be thoroughly cleaned bright by manual or mechanical means. The joints shall be properly fluxed with an approved non-corrosive type flux and made up with approved solder. All solders and fluxes shall not have a lead content that exceed current EPA guidelines.

6.

Connection to main. Connections of services to main lines shall be by direct tap corporation type stop and twenty-four-inch gooseneck formed with the tubing. All connections shall be made using compression joints type fittings. The service saddle shall be a Ford F-202, double strap, service saddle with one-inch IPT outlet or equivalent. The corporation stop shall be a one-inch Mueller H 15008 "IP" thread for direct tap and a Ford pace joint F-1100 for service saddle top.

Upon approval by city engineer, blue polyethylene pipe per AWWA/APWA specifications may be substituted for type K soft copper for one-inch service laterals. Polyethylene laterals must contain tracer wire per standard drawing details.

(Ord. No. 2007-07-31, §§ 7.4—7.4.6, 7-10-2007; Ord. No. 2010-11-24, § 2, 11-23-2010; Ord. No. 2012-05-15, § 1, 5-8-2012)