Except where water mains cross bridges and except
when variations are specifically approved by the Board, all water
mains connecting with the city water system must be cast-iron hub-and-spigot
pipe meeting the specifications of the American Water Works Association
and installed with leaded joints. All proposed plans and specifications
for water mains must be approved by the Board of Public Works and
installed under the supervision and inspection of the Water and Sewer
Division of the Department of Public Works.
A.Â
No person, firm or corporation shall install or permit
to be installed any cross-connection, whether permanent or temporary,
between the city water system and any other source or supply of water.
B.Â
Upon discovery of violation of this rule by any person,
firm or corporation, the city water service to such person, firm or
corporation shall forthwith be disconnected and remain disconnected
until this rule is complied with.
No owner or tenant of any premises supplied with water from the city mains shall be permitted to furnish water to other consumers, and no multiple-consumer service shall be permitted in the same premises, except as provided in § 262-39.
A.Â
The installation of all service pipes between the
water main and the curb box shall be at the expense of the owner of
the premises served; except that, when a service pipe of Type K soft
copper or other such material as may hereafter be approved as permanent
shall have been installed at the expense of the owner, such installation
between the main and the curb box shall be considered to be a part
of the city water system and shall be so maintained. In the event,
however, that larger or different service is requested by the owner
or required by reason of the use of the property served, such larger
or different service shall be installed at the expense of the owner.
B.Â
All installations of service pipes between the main
and the curb box in the city shall be made only by the Water and Sewer
Division of the Department of Public Works.
C.Â
All abandoned service pipes shall be shut off at the
main at the expense of the owner.
D.Â
All installations between the curb box and the meter
must be made by a duly licensed plumber or by a homeowner working
on his/her own single-family residence.
E.Â
Whenever leaks occur in the service pipes at any point
between the main and the meter, they must be repaired immediately
by the owner or agent of the premises in accordance with the previous
subsections of this section. If repairs are not made within 15 days
after notice of such leaks, the Board may shut off the water until
such repairs are made.
F.Â
The Board reserves the right to repair any leaking
service pipe without notice and to charge the expense thereof against
the owner of the premises, to be collected in the manner provided
by the rules and regulations or the provisions of the City Charter
relating thereto.
G.Â
All lateral or service pipes for public or private
use and all necessary fixtures connected therewith shall be subject
to the approval and laid under the supervision of the Water and Sewer
Division. Said pipes, etc., should be laid not less than four feet
deep and must be kept in good repair and protected from the frost
by and at the expense of the owner of the premises, as outlined previously
in this section.
H.Â
All tapping of the street mains will be made by the
Water and Sewer Division, for which the applicant must pay the city,
at the time of making application, such fees therefor as shall be
determined from time to time by the Board. In all cases, an approved
stopcock, with well and cover, shall be put in at the curb or outer
edge of the walk, and such curb box shall be set and kept visible
and flush with the grade and put as near as practicable to the curb,
at the property owner's expense.
A.Â
Tapping mains. All tapping of the city water mains
will be done by the Water and Sewer Division, and no other person
will be allowed to make such taps. The tapping will be done at the
expense of the applicant, and the fee therefor fixed by the Board
shall be paid in advance.
B.Â
Notice. In locations where the city forces do not
dig the street or road for services, notice must be left at the office
of the Water and Sewer Division on the day previous to the one on
which the tapping will be required, stating the hour when the street
will be open at the main and ready for tapping and giving the street
number of the location and the name of the person owning or occupying
the premises. In case the trench is not ready for tapping the main
at the time specified, an extra charge will be made for overtime or
lost time, as provided in the rates and fees fixed by the Board.
C.Â
Depth of pipe. The service pipe must be laid not less
than four feet below the surface of the street and in such manner
as to prevent rupture by settling and must be provided with a stopcock
at the curbline in all cases, protected by an iron box leading from
the same to the surface, with an iron cover with the word "water"
marked thereon and so exposed as to be readily found, the whole to
be subject to the approval of the Water and Sewer Division.
D.Â
Service materials and sizes. All water service sizes
shall be determined by consultation with the Water and Sewer Division
and shall be governed by its recommendation.
(1)Â
A minimum of three-fourths-inch diameter for house
service will be used.
(2)Â
For services of three-fourths-inch to one-inch diameter,
Type K soft copper water tubing is required.
(3)Â
For services of one-and-one-fourth-inch to two-inch
diameter, Type K soft copper tubing or cold-drawn, semiannealed seamless
red brass pipe or two-inch cement-lined mechanical-joint cast-iron
pipe meeting American Water Works Association specifications may be
used.
(4)Â
For services of over two-inch diameter, a minimum
of four-inch diameter cast-iron hub-and-spigot water pipe meeting
American Water Works Association specifications shall be used and
shall join the main with a tapping sleeve and valve to be installed
by the Water and Sewer Division at the expense of the property owner.
E.Â
Joints and fittings.
(1)Â
Where Type K soft copper water tubing is used, heavy
brass fittings, as approved by the American Water Works Association,
shall be used.
(2)Â
Where cold-drawn, semiannealed seamless red brass
pipe is used, extra-heavy red brass fittings having standard iron
pipe threading shall be used.
(3)Â
Where cast-iron pipe four inches or larger is used,
all fittings must be hub-and-spigot and shall meet specifications
of the American Water Works Association.
(4)Â
Except in cases of emergency and to be consistent
with the normal length of pipe sections, no joints will be allowed
under the street pavement area between the corporation stop connection
and the curb stop connection. All services two inches and under shall
be connected to the main with a corporation stop tapped directly into
the main or tapped through a tapping saddle.
(5)Â
All curb shutoffs on copper and brass services will
be of the inverted, ground key, round-way type. Curb shutoffs on cast-iron
services will be American Water Works Association approved gate valves.
(6)Â
Curb and valve boxes and manholes providing access
to shutoffs shall be City of Ithaca standard.
F.Â
Stop- and waste cock. A compression stop- and waste
cock must be located inside the building as near as practicable to
the wall where the service pipe enters, and the pipe shall be so arranged
that water can be drawn from it whenever there is danger of freezing.
G.Â
Bypasses and valves. Bypasses and the specified valves
shall be provided in connection with large meters, as described in
connection with the rules relating to meters and their installation.
H.Â
Notice of completion of work. After completion of
installation and connection, all services shall be shut off at the
curb box and disconnected inside, and notice of such completion shall
be filed in the office of the City Chamberlain on forms provided therefor.
Any service in which any other variety of pipe shall be placed than that specified in § 262-54 or where opportunity is neglected to replace wrought iron or steel pipe with such pipe as specified, the Board reserves the right to have the water shut off from said premises until such pipe has been installed in accordance with the rules.
Standpipes or pipes for automatic suppression
of fires in buildings, which fixtures are intended only for such use,
will be permitted to be attached to the city water supply system,
and no charge will be made for the use of water for such purposes.
All such pipes must be provided with a suitable valve outside of the
building, which shall be under the exclusive control of the Board.
Also, in the case of standpipes, a valve must be provided and placed
at the bottom of the standpipe and at each hose opening, which valve
shall be sealed by the Water and Sewer Division. In case such seals
shall be broken for the extinguishment of any fire, the party breaking
the seal shall immediately thereafter notify the Water and Sewer Division,
and the valve shall be resealed.
A.Â
Service pipes and meters in buildings shall be located
in the parts thereof protected from frost but consistent with the
need for access to the meter and the installation of the remote reading
device.
B.Â
In all cases where the service pipe passes through
areas of basements having windows, gratings or traps open to the weather,
the openings shall be closely covered and the windows and doors closed
to the outside air during the cold weather. In all exposed situations,
the service pipes and fixtures shall be protected at the expense of
the owner, and in case such owner neglects to protect his/her service
as aforesaid, the Board may cut off the water therefrom. It shall
be the duty of the plumber to protect from frost all work done by
him/her. He/she will not be released from the responsibility by having
the owner of the premises or others do the work for him/her.
B.Â
Meters will not be placed in coal bins or situations
not easily accessible to the meter inspector.
C.Â
Meters must be accessible to the Water and Sewer Division
employees at all reasonable hours.
D.Â
After the meter is attached, any damage which said
meter may sustain from freezing or from hot water being forced back
through the meter or from any external cause will be repaired by the
Water and Sewer Division and the cost thereof charged to the owner
or agent.
E.Â
If meters need attention, the Water and Sewer Division
must be notified at once. No person other than Water and Sewer Division
employees shall be allowed to remove meters for repairs or for any
other purpose.
F.Â
All persons are forbidden to break meter seals or
to disconnect or in any way tamper with meters after they have been
installed on the premises.
G.Â
In case of any changes or additions in piping for
the use or distribution of water which is not accounted for by the
meter, a proper charge for such unmetered water shall be made, and
in default of prompt payment thereof, on notice by the City Chamberlain,
the water shall be shut off from the premises.
H.Â
Where the place provided for installing a meter is
unsuitable, the Water and Sewer Division may require such changes
as are necessary to locate the meter in a suitable place, and the
expense thereof shall be charged to the owner of the premises.
I.Â
Every meter shall be provided with a compression stopcock
on each side; and on all meters over one inch, a suitable bypass with
valves on each side of it and a locked valve on the bypass shall be
provided, which installation of bypass and valve shall meet with the
approval of the Water and Sewer Division.
J.Â
The Board reserves the right to attach or detach meters
at any time whenever it shall deem it expedient and charge for the
quantity of water measured or used. All water passing through a meter
will be charged for, whether used or wasted.
K.Â
In those locations where the property owner or tenant
persists in being uncooperative in making provisions for regular meter
readings, a remote reading register will be installed at the property
owner's expense. All new installations will be provided with a remote
reading register mounted on the outside of each building being metered.
Service pipes must be located accordingly.
A.Â
The owner or agent of vacated premises must give notice,
in writing, at the office of the City Chamberlain that the water may
be shut off, and the owner will be held responsible for all water
consumed or meter damages incurred until such notice is given.
B.Â
In any case where the meter has to be removed, except
for temporary repairs, the service must be shut off at the curb stop.
If the curb stop cannot be operated from the ground surface, it must
be dug and repaired at the property owner's expense.
A.Â
No person shall open, use, draw water from or in any
matter interfere with any hydrant in the City of Ithaca without authority
from the Water and Sewer Division. This prohibition shall not apply
to fire fighters in the pursuit of their duties. No person shall break,
deface, injure, remove or in any manner tamper with any hydrant or
any part thereof, and no person shall open any hydrant with any wrench
other than a standard hydrant wrench.
B.Â
No person shall erect or plant any obstruction within
3Â 1/2 feet of any hydrant or cause any obstruction that will
in any way hinder a fire company from hooking onto it or operating
any hydrant. No obstruction shall be placed so as to obstruct the
view of any hydrant for a distance of at least 200 feet up and down
the street.
C.Â
No person shall paint or in any way change the color
from the standard orange color used by the Water Department in painting
hydrants.
In the case of fraud, misrepresentation on the
part of the applicant, abuse in the use of water, violation of any
of the rules and regulations relating thereto or nonpayment of rates
and charges when due, in addition to the penalties specifically provided
by the rules and regulations, the City Charter or ordinances, the
water may be cut off without notice, and the water will not be turned
on again unless satisfactory assurance shall be given that no further
cause of complaint shall arise and until the payment of such fees
as the Board may prescribe.
The Board reserves the right to shut off the
water for alterations, extensions and repairs and to stop or restrict
the supply of water whenever it may be found necessary, and the Board
shall not be held liable under any circumstances for a deficiency
or failure to supply water, whether occasioned by shutting off water
to make repairs, connections, extension or any other cause whatsoever.
The Board shall determine and fix the rates
for water to be used for building construction or repairs, the volume
of water to be estimated upon the basis of the amount required per
unit of the square area or cubic content for the various classes of
construction involved. Such estimated schedule charge for such service
shall be paid in advance. In lieu of a schedule charge for such service,
a meter may be installed, in which case a deposit shall be required
as security against damage to such meter, any surplus thereof to be
applied towards the consumption charges. See the list of current prices
and fees posted at the Water Building, 510 First Street.