The house, or other building, water service must be connected to street mains by means of taps and inverted key curb cocks at the sidewalk line, in compliance with the rules and under the supervision of the Department of Building and Code Enforcement.
A. 
All water service lines from the street main to the inside of cellar walls shall be Type K copper tubing, as follows:
(1) 
Intent and scope. It is the intent of these specifications to call for the use of seamless copper tubing, tempered and soft annealed. The tubing shall meet all requirements hereinafter specified. The tubing ordered under this specification is intended for water service lines below or above ground for water and is intended for use with soldered or flared fittings.
(a) 
Identification. The name or trademark of the manufacturer and a mark indicating the type shall be permanently marked on each tube, at intervals not greater than two feet.
(2) 
Detailed requirements; manufacture. Tubing shall be free from scale and shall be Type K soft annealed and, when coiled, shall be annealed after coiling. The tubing shall be made of copper having purity of 99 90/100% as determined by electrolytic assay, the silver being counted as copper. In no case shall any tubing used for water service be less than 3/4 of an inch. The Type K seamless copper tubing up to two inches shall be as follows:
Nominal Size
(inches)
Actual Outside Diameter
(inches)
Wall Thickness
(inches)
Nominal Weight Per Foot
(pounds)
Minimum Test
(per square inch)
3/4
0.875
0.065
0.641
1,000
1
1.125
0.065
0.839
780
1 1/4
1.375
0.065
1.04
630
1 1/2
1.625
0.072
1.36
580
2
2.125
0.083
1.06
510
Nominal Size
(inches)
Permissible Variations Wall Thickness
(inches)
Mean Outside Diameter
(inches)
3/4
Minus 0.0045
Minus 0.003
1 1/4
0.0045
0.0035
1 1/2
0.0045
0.004
2
0.005
0.005
B. 
Wherever a replacement of water service is installed or a new water service is installed under any concrete or macadam roadway, the copper service lines shall be run inside a galvanized conduit extending beyond the edges of said concrete or macadam not less than one foot. In no case shall this galvanized conduit be less than 1 1/2 inches inside measurements.
C. 
The lead content of solder used in copper tube soldered joints on potable water supply pipes shall not exceed 1/5 of 1%.
A. 
Permanent water service shall be rendered by meter only.
B. 
All meters shall be of a make and type approved by the Board of Trustees and of such size as the Board deems proper. All meters shall be so placed as to be readily accessible and in all cases protected from frost or excessive heat.
C. 
Immediately upon entering a wall of a building, structure or operation to be supplied, an approved positive valve shall be ahead of the meter connection. Another valve shall be placed behind the water meter and test tee.
D. 
A one-half-inch tee outlet shall be placed between the meter and valve in the outlet side of the meter for use of the Water Department in testing the connection.
A. 
Permits. No permit to install new, replace old or repair any water service shall be issued to any but a duly licensed and registered master plumber, such license having been granted and signed by the Examining Board of Plumbers of the Village of Mineola. The above applies equally as well on any type of water service from street main to inside of building, whether small copper or large cast-iron services for apartments and other large buildings or structures.
B. 
Supervision. All water service connections shall be installed under the direct supervision of the enforcement officer, and his or her report, if adverse, shall be delivered to the Superintendent of Public Works.
C. 
Inspection. No water service shall be covered with soil until same has been approved by the enforcement officer.
D. 
Reports. All services or meters found to be defective shall be reported immediately to the Superintendent of Public Works.
E. 
Installation. No water service line shall be laid over a sewer connection or over the place where future service will be run from sewer lateral at curb or over any present gas service.
The diameters of street service pipes must not be less than 3/4 inch for dwellings and multiple dwellings occupied by six families or fewer, one inch for multiple dwellings or apartments occupied by more than six families and 1 1/2 inch for hotels, factories and other miscellaneous buildings, provided that in no case can the diameter of the service pipe be less than the diameter of the tap installed under the supervision of the enforcement officer.