The applicant shall provide adequate water supply to service
his proposed development. The reviewing board shall determine, with
the aid of its professional staff, the quality, quantity and water
pressure to be adequate to provide potable water to those who will
utilize the proposed development and properly supply water pressure
as a safeguard against fire.
Where water is accessible from a servicing utility, the developer
shall arrange for the construction of water mains in such a manner
as to make adequate water service available to each lot, dwelling
unit or use within the development. The entire system shall be designed
in accordance with the requirements and standards of the Township,
county and/or state agency having approval authority and shall be
subject to their approval. The system shall also be designed with
adequate capacity and sustained pressure for present and probable
future development.
Where public water is not available, potable water supply shall
be provided to each lot on an individual well basis. Such wells shall
be designed in accordance with the requirements and standards of the
Township and/or state agency having jurisdiction.
Where water distribution systems are installed outside streets, easements or rights-of-way shall be required in accordance with Article 29, Easements.
In general, the following policies shall be followed in determining
the size of water mains:
A.
Lines whose primary function is and will be to serve adjacent property
will be eight inches.
B.
Lines which serve as feeder lines to several other streets should
be eight inches and should be laid out to provide loops with other
lines which enclose areas of not more than 1/4 square mile.
C.
Lines which provide the main feed from present or future sources
of supply or storage shall be 12 inches or larger and shall be laid
out so as to form loops with other lines which enclose not more than
one square mile.
D.
Lines whose only purpose is to serve abutting properties and to which
there is no fire hydrant connected and which do not serve more than
four residences shall be eight inches in diameter if specifically
approved by the Township Engineer and Department of Public Works Director.
E.
In general, criteria affecting valve and hydrant locations shall
be that not more than one hydrant is affected by shutting off any
one section; hydrants are located within 600 feet along street lines
of any property in the subdivision; not more than three valves are
necessary to shut off any one section; and the number of homes affected
by shutting off any one section shall be limited to approximately
25.
