GroundRules
12VAC5-590-1140: Installation and testing of water mains
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 12. Health
- Agency 5. Department of Health
- Chapter 590. Waterworks Regulations
- Part III. Manual of Practice for Waterworks Design
- Article 6. Water Distribution Systems [Repealed]
A. Adequate supports and restraints shall be provided for all pipes.
B. A continuous and uniform bedding shall be provided in the trench for all buried pipe.
C. Stones and rocks found in the trench shall be removed to a depth of at least six inches below the bottom of the pipe and selected fill bedding provided.
D. Installed pipe shall be pressure-tested and meet allowable leakage as specified in accordance with AWWA Standards C600-17, C604-17, and C605-13, where applicable.
E. Any plastic or other nonmetallic pressurized pipe installed underground shall be provided with a material conductive of electricity or some other means of locating the buried pipe.
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