[Amended 6-23-1988 by L.L. No. 1-1988]
This chapter shall apply to all water districts
of the Town of Warwick now or hereafter established and to the customers
thereof. No water service connections or facilities shall be made
or installed except in conformity with the provisions of this chapter.
As used in this chapter, unless the context
or subject matter otherwise requires, the following terms shall have
the meanings indicated:
Any property which shall not come within the definition of
"residence property."
The owner or owners of premises supplied with water from
the system.
One of the water districts duly established by the Town Board
pursuant to Article 12 of the Town Law.
The person, company or agency designated by the Town Board
to provide hands-on operation of the district system, inspect and
supervise the installation of connections to the system, provide meter
readings, perform routine maintenance and perform housekeeping and
laboratory work.
A house, apartment, cabin, cottage or any other dwelling
unit occupied or capable of being occupied as unrelated eating and
sleeping quarters for one or more persons.
The wells, pumping apparatus, reservoirs and reservoir sites,
water mains, infiltration galleries, pipes and all appurtenances of
the district water supply and distribution facilities.
A.
Taps and service pipes. All taps on the mains, whether
above or below ground, service connections and service pipes from
the main, including the curb valve and box for the same, shall be
made, put in and installed at the expense of the consumer. Service
pipes will be installed by the district from the main to a point at
the property line of the consumer or 12 feet from the edge of the
pavement or to any building structure or obstruction constructed by
the consumer on the highway, whichever distance shall be the least.
B.
Connections and tampering with main. No person shall
make any tap on the main, either above or below ground, or make any
connection with the service pipe extending the main to the curb valve
except the operator or employees of the district, nor shall any person
tamper with, disturb, destroy or in any manner interfere with any
pipes, mains, connections or other property of the district.
C.
Specifications. All service lines hereafter installed
from the curb stop to the building and/or meter shall be of Type K
soft copper tubing, and only flare fittings of a type approved by
the district are to be used and the same shall be furnished and laid
at the expense of the consumer.
D.
Meter connections. Where meters are installed, no
connection shall be made to the service pipe between the curb valve
and the meter.
E.
Depth of service pipes. All service pipes shall be
laid and maintained at a depth of not less than four feet below the
surface of the ground to within 12 inches inside the cellar foundation
and up to the water meter.
F.
Rock excavation. In case of rock excavation or rocky
terrain, a sand ballast of four inches shall be placed below the service
line and covered with no less than 12 inches of clean sand. No trench
shall be backfilled on any service line until the same has been inspected
by the district or its representative and tested for leaks, and no
water service will be furnished until the district or its representative
has made such inspection.
G.
Danger of freezing; special requirements. If the district
shall determine and decide that there is inadequate heating in any
cellar served by year-round service so that there is a possibility
that the pipes may freeze, it may, in its discretion, require underground
meter installation on the building side of the curb stop, which underground
meter shall be installed at the expense of the consumer, and no further
service shall be provided until such underground meter is installed.
H.
Repair of service pipes; leaks. All service pipes
from the curb box to the building and/or meter shall be maintained
and kept in repair and free from leaks at the expense of the consumer.
If a leak is found in the service pipe or in the building, the district
shall have the right to discontinue the supply of water and to collect
the expense of shutting off the water, and water shall not then be
supplied to the premises until all leaks are repaired and the charge
for turning off and turning on the water shall be paid in full.
I.
Curb valve. No person except the operator or employees
of the district shall turn off or turn on the water in any service
pipe at the curb valve.
J.
Aboveground service piping. On any aboveground service
piping, a supplementary valve shall be installed on the service line
as near the building as possible and accessible at all times.
No connection to any other source of supply
of water shall be made or maintained to any pipe or plumbing fixtures
that may be connected to the system of the district.
A.
The operator or any employee of the district shall
have free access to any premises supplied by water from the system
at all reasonable hours of the day for the purpose of inspecting the
condition and use of all plumbing and service pipes and of reading
the meter, making repairs or replacing meters.
No person except the operator or employee of
the district or any member of a duly organized fire company shall
take water from any fire hydrant or shall operate, use or disturb
any hydrant.
A.
Meters and connections will be furnished and installed
by the district, provided that proper openings and fittings, such
as valves, etc., have been installed by the consumer at his expense
to the satisfaction of the district.
B.
All meters shall remain the property of the district.
C.
The consumer shall bear and pay all expenses of repairs
to meters occasioned by fire, frost, accident or misuse.
D.
The consumer shall be liable for the loss of a meter
from any cause. Amount of liability will be determined by the cost
of the meter at the time of replacement.
E.
No person other than the operator or employee of the
district shall install, remove, interfere or tamper with any meter
or any dials thereof. If a meter fails to properly register the water
consumption, it will be changed or repaired, and the consumer will
be charged according to the consumption during the corresponding period
in the previous year. Where a water meter fails to register the correct
quantity of water delivered through it or where it otherwise becomes
out of order or in need of repair, notice thereof shall be given to
the operator and another meter will then be loaned and installed during
the time required for testing and repair. The operator will cause
the meter to be tested, and if the meter upon testing is found to
be registering over 3% more water than actually passes through it,
no charge will be made for the test; otherwise, a charge of $35 will
be made to the consumer for removal and testing of said meter and
resetting the same.
A.
Seasonal service. Consumers supplied with seasonal
service shall be deemed to desire said service supplied in each year
unless the consumer shall give notice in writing to the district of
his desire not to receive such water service not later than May 15
in each year.
B.
Furnishing other persons. Consumers shall not furnish
other persons with water nor permit anyone to take water without the
district's consent.
Any new private water main, permitted only by
permission of the Town Board, shall be installed in a manner directed
by the district, and all service pipes, connections and other appliances
from such private water main, from the time of inception, shall become
the property of the district and subject to all provisions hereof.
A.
Reasonable care and diligence. The district shall
use reasonable care and diligence to provide a constant supply of
water, but may at any time shut off the water in the mains in case
of accident or for the purpose of making connections, alterations
or repairs or for any other legitimate purposes and may restrict the
use of water to conserve a sufficient supply for fire protection or
any other emergency whenever the public welfare may demand it.
B.
Nonliability. The district shall not be liable for
any loss or damage from any excess or deficiency in the pressure,
volume or supply of water.
[Amended 10-11-2018 by L.L. No. 6-2018]
Any person desiring to be supplied with water from the system
shall make application in writing to the operator upon blanks prescribed
and furnished by the district and shall pay all charges applicable
to the service applied for at the time of making said application.
The Town Supervisor is hereby authorized and designated to receive
and collect all charges and other fees payable to the Town pursuant
to this chapter.
A.
Generally. The specifications shall apply to all new construction, additions and improvements to existing water systems and water districts in the Town of Warwick as well as any new water districts to be formed in the future. All new construction, additions and improvements shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the policies of the Recommended Standards For Water Works, 1982 Edition, New York State Health Department Board No. 42. In addition, such installation shall be evaluated for compliance with the Town of Warwick Wellhead Protection Policy as it appears in Chapter 159 herein.
[Amended 12-30-2003 by L.L. No. 7-2003]
B.
Water main design.
(1)
Pressure. All water mains, including those not designed
to provide fire protection, shall be sized after a hydraulic analysis
based on flow demands and pressure requirements. The system shall
be designed to maintain a minimum pressure of 20 pounds per square
inch at ground level at all points in the distribution system under
all conditions of flow. The normal working pressure in the distribution
system should be approximately 60 pounds per square inch and not less
than 35 pounds per square inch.
(2)
Diameter. The minimum size of water main for providing
fire protection and serving fire hydrants shall be six-inch diameter.
Larger size mains will be required if necessary to allow the withdrawal
of the required fire flow while maintaining the minimum residual pressure.
(3)
Fire protection. When fire protection is to be provided,
system design should be such that fire flows and facilities are in
accordance with the requirements of the State Insurance Services Office.
(4)
Hydrants. Water mains not designed to carry fire flows
shall not have fire hydrants connected to them.
(5)
Dead ends. Dead ends shall be minimized by looping
of all mains whenever practical.
(6)
Flushing. Where dead-end mains occur, they shall be
provided with a fire hydrant if flow and pressure are sufficient or
with an approved flushing hydrant or blowoff for flushing purposes.
Flushing devices should be sized to provide flows which will give
a velocity of at least 2.5 feet per second in the water main being
flushed. No flushing device shall be directly connected to any sewer.
C.
Valves. Sufficient valves shall be provided on water
mains so that inconvenience and sanitary hazards will be minimized
during repairs. Valves should be located at not more than five-hundred-foot
intervals in commercial districts and at not more than one-block or
eight-hundred-foot intervals in other districts.
D.
Hydrants.
(1)
Location and spacing. Hydrants should be provided
at each street intersection and at intermediate points between intersections
as recommended by the State Insurance Services Office. Generally,
hydrant spacing may range from 350 to 600 feet, depending on the area
being served.
(2)
Valves and nozzles. Fire hydrants should have a bottom
valve of at least five inches, one four-and-one-half-inch pumper nozzle
and two two-and-one-half-inch nozzles.
(3)
Hydrant leads. The hydrant lead shall be a minimum
of six inches in diameter. Auxiliary valves shall be installed in
all hydrant leads.
(4)
Drainage. Hydrant drains should be plugged. When the
drains are plugged, the barrels must be pumped dry. If drains are
not plugged, a gravel pocket or dry well shall be provided unless
the natural soils will provide adequate drainage. Hydrant drains shall
not be connected to or located within 10 feet of sanitary sewers or
storm drains.
E.
Air relief valves; valve, meter and blowoff chambers.
(1)
Air relief valves. At high points in water mains where
air can accumulate, provisions shall be made to remove the air by
means of hydrants or air relief valves. Automatic air relief valves
shall not be used in situations where flooding of the manhole or chamber
may occur.
(2)
Air relief valve piping. The open end of an air relief
pipe from automatic valves shall be extended to at least one foot
above grade and provided with a screened, downward-facing elbow. The
pipe from a manually operated valve should be extended to the top
of the pit.
(3)
Chamber drainage. Chambers, pits or manholes containing
valves, blowoffs, meters or other such appurtenances to a distribution
system shall not be connected directly to any storm drain or sanitary
sewer, nor shall blowoffs or air relief valves be connected directly
to any sewer. Such chambers or pits shall be drained to the surface
of the ground where they are not subject to flooding by surface water
or to absorption pits underground.
F.
Installation of mains.
(1)
Standards. Specifications shall incorporate the provisions
of the AWWA standards and/or manufacturer's recommended installation
procedures.
(2)
Bedding. A continuous and uniform bedding shall be
provided in the trench for all buried pipe. Backfill material shall
be tamped in layers around the pipe and to a sufficient height above
the pipe to adequately support and protect the pipe. Stones found
in the trench shall be removed for a depth of at least six inches
below the bottom of the pipe.
(3)
Cover. All water mains shall be covered with sufficient
earth or other insulation to prevent freezing.
(4)
Blocking. All tees, bends, plugs and hydrants shall
be provided with reaction blocking, tie rods or joints designed to
prevent movement.
(5)
Pressure and leakage testing. All types of installed
pipe shall be pressure tested and leakage tested in accordance with
the latest edition of AWWA Standard C600.
(6)
Disinfection. All new, cleaned or repaired water mains
shall be disinfected in accordance with the latest edition of AWWA
Standard 0601. The tablet method shall not be permitted.
G.
Separation of water mains, sanitary sewers and storm
sewers.
(1)
Parallel installation. Water mains shall be laid at
least 10 feet horizontally from any existing or proposed sewer. The
distance shall be measured edge to edge. In cases where it is not
practical to maintain a ten-foot separation, the reviewing authority
may allow deviation on a case-by-case basis if supported by data from
the design engineer. Such deviation may allow installation of the
water main closer to a sewer, provided that the water main is laid
in a separate trench or on an undisturbed earth shelf located on one
side of the sewer and at such an elevation that the bottom of the
water main is at least 18 inches above the top of the sewer.
(2)
Crossings. Water mains crossing sewers shall be laid
to provide a minimum vertical distance of 18 inches between the outside
of the water main and the outside of the sewer. This shall be the
case where the water main is either above or below the sewer. At crossings,
one full length of water pipe shall be located so that both joints
will be as far from the sewer as possible. Special structural support
for the water and sewer pipes may be required.
(3)
Force mains. There shall be at least a ten-foot horizontal
separation between water mains and sanitary sewer force mains. There
shall be an eighteen-inch vertical separation at crossings.
(4)
Sewer manholes. No water pipe shall pass through or
come in contact with any part of a sewer manhole.
H.
Cross-connections and interconnections.
(1)
Cross-connections. There shall be no connection between
the distribution system and any pipes, pumps, hydrants or tanks whereby
unsafe water or other contaminating materials may be discharged or
drawn into the system.
I.
Water services and plumbing. Water services and plumbing
shall conform to relevant local and/or State Plumbing Codes or to
the National Plumbing Code.
J.
Service meters. Each service connection should be
individually metered.
