[HISTORY: Adopted by the Town Board of the
Town of Liberty 10-10-1974. Amendments noted where applicable.]
As used in this chapter, the following terms
shall have the meanings indicated:
The Town Board of the Town of Liberty.
The Chief Water and Wastewater Treatment Plant Operator or
such other person designated and appointed by the Board to supervise
the operation of any district system or water improvement, inspect
and supervise the installation of connections to the system or water
improvement, superintend the employees of any district or water improvement,
collect water rents and enforce observance of the ordinances, rules
and regulations of any district or water improvement.
[Amended 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
The owner or owners of premises supplied with water from
any system or water improvement.
Any water district in the Town of Liberty.
Any individual, association, partnership or corporation.
The wells, pumping apparatus, well sites, reservoirs, reservoir
sites, water mains, pipes and all appurtenances of any district or
water improvement, water supply and distribution facilities.
Any water facility, service, function, activity or physical
public betterment which may be provided by the Town under Town Law
§ 209-q.
Every person who shall be supplied with water
by any district or water improvement shall be deemed to have accepted
and approved this chapter and the rules and regulations pertaining
thereto. The continuance to take water after any amendment or change
of or addition to such chapter, rules and regulations shall be deemed
an acceptance of such amendment, change or addition.
Any person desiring to be supplied with water
from any district water system or water improvement system shall make
application, in writing, to the Board at the Town Clerk's office upon
blanks prescribed and furnished by the Board.
A.
Manufacture and installation; expense of consumer;
maintenance.
[Amended 10-11-1984]
(1)
All taps larger than 3/4 inch on the mains, service
connections and service pipes from the main to bounds of highway or
street, including curb cocks or valve and box for the same, shall
be made, put in and installed only by the Chief or employee of the
district or Town on a time-and-material basis. All labor and material
shall be at the expense of the consumer. Three-fourths-inch service
line to the curb box will be billed a flat rate as stated in the schedule
of rates and charges. Rate adjustment shall be made from time to time
as required in conjunction with water rates.
[Amended 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
(2)
Upon completion of the service line to specifications
of the district or Town, the line will be maintained by the district
or Town at no additional expense to the consumer.
(3)
Any existing service pipe that does not conform to
specifications of the district or Town and develops a leak will be
repaired or replaced by the district or Town at the consumer's expense
and will then be maintained by the district or Town when the line
is to specifications at no additional expense to the consumer.
B.
No person shall make any tap on the main or make any
connections with the service pipes extending from the main to the
curb cock or valve except the Chief or employee of the district or
Town.
C.
All service pipes extending from the main to the curb
cock or valve shall be Type K copper for underground use with a minimum
diameter of 3/4 inch or such other material and size as shall be approved
by the Chief, and from curb cock to meter also must be minimum size
of 3/4 inch, Type K for underground use, and shall be furnished and
laid at the expense of the consumer. Only O-ring type fittings designed
for underground use approved by the Chief or delegate will be allowed
before the meter. Only iron-threaded brass fittings and nipples will
be allowed before the meter where necessary. No lead solder joints
of any type will be allowed before the meter.
[Amended 10-11-1984; 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
D.
No connections shall be made to service pipes between
main and the meter.
E.
All service pipes shall be laid and maintained at
a depth of not less than five feet below the surface of the ground.
[Amended 10-11-1984]
F.
All service pipes shall be maintained and kept in
repair and free from leaks at the expense of the consumer. Leaks in
service pipes shall be repaired within 48 hours after notice given
to consumer. If leaks are not repaired within said period, the district
shall have the right to discontinue the supply of water and to collect
the expense of shutting off the water plus an estimated charge for
loss of water caused by such a leak. Water shall not again be supplied
to the premises until such expense and charges are paid in full.
G.
No person except the Chief or employee of the district
or Town shall turn on or shut off the water in any service pipes.
H.
Service lines between curb cock and meter are not
to be buried unless inspected by the Chief or an employee of the district
or Town.
I.
If the service line between curb cock and meter is
not put into specifications, a meter pit and meter must be installed
at the curb cock at the expense of the consumer.
No connection to any other source of supply
of water shall be made or maintained to any pipes or plumbing fixtures
that may be connected with any system. If any connection to another
source of supply is made or maintained, the water from the system
shall be shut off and service shall not be restored until such connection
to the other source has been discontinued and the charges of shutting
off and turning on the water have been paid.
The Chief or person delegated by the Chief or
any member of the Board shall have free access to any premises supplied
by water from any system at all reasonable hours of the day for the
purposes of inspecting the condition and use of all plumbing supply
and service pipes and of reading the meter, making repairs or replacing
meters.
No person except the Chief or employee of the
district or a member of a duly organized fire company shall take water
from any fire hydrant or shall operate, use or disturb any hydrant.
No water shall be taken from any hydrant except for use by a duly
organized fire company.
In the event that necessity shall arise, resulting
from break, emergency or other unavoidable cause, to cut off the water
supply in order to make necessary repairs, the Chief shall have the
right to temporarily shut off the water supply. The Chief will use
all reasonable and practicable measures to notify consumers in advance
of such discontinuance of service, if possible. Neither the district
nor the Board shall be liable for damages or inconveniences suffered
by any consumer by reason of interruption of service, lessening of
supply, inadequate pressure or any cause beyond its control.
A.
General provisions.
(1)
All water will be supplied by meter measurement. The
meters and connections will be furnished by the district or Town and
remain the property of the district or Town. The consumer shall bear
and pay all expenses of repairs to meters occasioned by fire, frost,
accident or misuse. The consumer shall be liable for the loss of a
meter from any cause.
(2)
No person other than the Chief or employee of the
district or Town shall install, remove or interfere or tamper with
any meters or dials thereof. If a meter gets out of order or fails
to properly register the water consumption, it will be changed or
repaired, and the consumer will be charged according to the consumption
during a previous corresponding period.
(3)
Meters will be read and billed quarterly. Pit meters
will be read and billed quarterly, but may be estimated during winter
months. Any adjustments required will be made in the following quarter.
Bills shall be payable when rendered.
[Amended 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
B.
Meter installation. The following regulations shall
apply to the installation of meters:
(1)
Valves must be installed on the street side of the
meter.
(2)
Service lines over one inch must have valve on both
sides of the meter.
(3)
Swing-type check valves must be installed on the house
side of the meter.
(4)
When water pressure exceeds 60 pounds pressure, reducer
must be installed on the street side of the meter at the consumer's
expense. Hours of water meter installation or removal shall be 8:00
a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday. Emergency cases will be
taken care of on a twenty-four-hour basis.
C.
Meter pits. Any consumer not having a heated area
for the installation of a water meter, such as a basement or utility
room, shall install a meter pit to the following specifications:
[Amended 10-11-1984; 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
(1)
A meter pit shall have a four foot inside diameter
by four foot deep concrete vault.
(2)
The vault may be circular or square; cement blocks
are not acceptable.
(3)
The vault shall have a concrete extension of 12 inches
by 24 inches with four-inch nonvehicular cover.
(4)
Meter pits are to have a positive four-inch drain
to daylight.
[Amended 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
A.
Application.
(1)
All applications must be approved by the Town Board.
(2)
Applicants must submit engineer's plans of the mains
and projects to the Town Board.
(4)
Applicants must post a surety company performance
bond with the Town to be approved by the Town Board for the full estimated
cost of the project before approval will be given.
B.
Water main specifications.
(1)
The minimum pipe size shall be eight inches, which
may be increased at the discretion of the Chief.
(2)
The pipe and fittings are to be ductile iron push
on cement-lined, class 150 and shall meet ANSI class specification
A-21.50 or A-21.51. The type of pipe may be increased or varied by
the Chief.
(3)
The water main shall be installed on the opposite
side of the road from any existing sewer or shall have a minimum separation
of 10 feet. The water line will follow any Town, County or state road
easement or right-of-way. Any water line in a right-of-way of a Town
highway must meet water main specifications.
(4)
All subgrade shall be completed prior to the installation
of any water mains or service laterals.
C.
Pipe installation.
(1)
All pipes, fittings and valves shall be carefully
handled to avoid damage and shall be inspected for defects before
pipe is laid. Pipes shall have a cover of five feet.
(2)
All lumps, blisters, dirt, oil, grease or foreign
objects shall be removed from the inside of the pipe.
(3)
The pipe shall be laid to conform to the lines and
grades shown on the plans or as directed by the Town Engineer or Chief.
Each bell and spigot shall be properly cleaned. Each pipe and any
fittings shall be firmly supported on good foundations. Mechanical
and rubber gasket pipe joints shall be made in strict accordance with
the manufacturer's instructions. Where bolts are used, they shall
be drawn up evenly with a torque wrench. In laying the pipe, the bottom
of the trench shall be carefully graded and bell holes cut to receive
the bell of the pipe.
(4)
After laying and inspecting the pipe, each pipe shall
be carefully backfilled by placing material free from large clods
or stones around the pipe. Said material shall be thoroughly compacted
in six-inch layers so as to securely hold the pipe in place, but shall
not be tamped so as to cause movement of the pipe. This careful placing
shall continue until a minimum of one foot of earth has been placed
and tamped over the tip of the pipe.
D.
Thrust blocks. Concrete reaction or thrust blocking
shall be placed behind all dead ends or other fittings and as directed
by the Town Engineer or Chief. Concrete shall have a twenty-eight-day
compressive strength of 3,000 psi (pounds per square inch). The excavation
shall be carried out by hand at such locations in order to provide
a good bearing against undisturbed materials within a short distance
from the pipe or fitting.
E.
Infiltration water. Where water is encountered during
excavation, the contractor shall provide suitable pumping equipment
so that at no time shall surface or ground water be allowed to enter
the water main under construction.
F.
Hydrants.
(1)
In the interest of standardization in the Town of
Liberty, all fire hydrant manufacturers shall be those approved by
the Chief.
(2)
Specifications.
(a)
All fire hydrants shall have a six-inch mechanical
joint elbow base, four-and-one-half-inch valve opening, two two-and-one-half-inch
N.S.T. outlets, one four-and-one-half-inch N.S.T. outlet and a five-foot
cover.
(b)
All fire hydrants shall open left.
(c)
All fire hydrants shall have one-and-one-half-inch
operating nuts and caps.
(d)
All hydrant drain holes shall be plugged.
(e)
Hydrant arms must be valved.
(f)
Hydrants shall be secured to the main by use
of three-fourths-inch threaded rod and eye bolts or duc-logs.
(g)
Hydrants shall be independently rodded with
one pair of three-fourth-inch rods from the main tee to the valve
and another pair from the valve to the hydrant base.
(h)
Hydrants shall be placed at five-hundred-foot
intervals.
(i)
Hydrants shall be placed at the end of the dead-end
line no matter what the distance.
(3)
Hydrant specifications or location may be varied by
the Town Engineer or the Chief.
G.
Valves.
(1)
Main line valves must be installed at one-thousand-five-hundred-foot
intervals.
(2)
Branch-T's shall be valved on all sides.
(3)
All valves shall be brought to the grade level with
a sliding-type valve box only.
(4)
Valve locations may be varied by the Town Engineer
or Chief.
(5)
All gate valves shall be A.W.W.A. standard iron body,
bronze-mounted, double-disc, mechanical-joint gate valves.
(6)
Valves will have an operating pressure of 150 psi
and a test pressure of 300 psi.
(7)
Valves will have a nonrising stem.
(8)
Valves will have a two-inch operating nut.
(9)
Valves will open left.
(10)
Valves will have an O-ring packing gland.
(11)
Valves 12 inches or larger shall be mechanical-joint,
butterfly-type Mueller B-3211-26 or equal.
(12)
Valve class specification or make may be varied
by the Town Engineer or Chief.
H.
Main line meter pits and meters.
(1)
A meter pit may be installed on the main line to a
development which is on private property if so desired by the consumer,
or the Board may require a main line meter pit if the mains are not
put into specifications. A meter pit and meter shall be installed
at the consumer's expense.
(2)
Meter pit specifications.
(a)
The meter will be of the compound-type and of
a size adequate for application and shall be approved by the Chief.
(b)
The meter will be installed in a poured concrete
or precast concrete pit with a minimum size of 10 feet long, seven
feet wide, seven feet high. The wall thickness of the pit shall be
a minimum of eight-inch concrete. The floor of the pit shall be concrete
with proper drain or sump pump.
(c)
Any electrical wiring shall meet the requirements
of the Town of Liberty Code. The pit shall have a concrete roof which
shall be steel reinforced with a minimum of six-inch concrete.
(d)
The pit shall be equipped with a three-by-three-foot
aluminum access door, Bilco J-4AL or equal.
(e)
The pit shall be equipped with an aluminum ladder
from hatch to floor.
(f)
A one-inch tap shall be provided for testing
meters.
(g)
A meter bypass must be installed in accordance
with the Chief's specifications.
I.
Testing and inspection.
(1)
The contractor shall provide full-time inspection
by a licensed professional engineer.
(2)
The contractor's engineer will consult with the Town
Engineer or the Chief from time to time as may be required by the
project.
(3)
Inspections, or any work associated with inspections,
will be charged to the contractor on an hourly basis.
(4)
The contractor shall supply all necessary materials
and equipment to test the piping as described below, including pump,
piping, valves and labor. The Town Engineer or Chief will supply the
test gauge or will calibrate the contractor's gauge before and after
the test. All pressure tests must be done in the Engineer's or Chief's
presence and under said official's direction.
(5)
Two tests shall be required.
(a)
The first test shall be a hydrostatic test of
pressure only. This test shall be done when a section of line has
been completed and the thrust blocks have been set up sufficiently.
The line shall be partially backfilled during this test. All air must
be bled out of the section to be tested. The hydrostatic test shall
be of a one-hour duration. Test pressure shall be as indicated by
the Town Engineer or the Chief and in general shall be 1 1/2
times the actual working pressure applied to the lowest point of the
section to be tested. With the required pressure on the line, the
entire run shall be examined for evidence of leakage. Any leaks discovered
shall be corrected and the test repeated until the Town Engineer or
Chief is satisfied that the line is tight.
(b)
After the above work is completed and the line
is completely backfilled, a leakage test of a two-hour duration shall
be made with a pressure of 150 psi (or higher) as directed by the
Town Engineer or the Chief, measured at the lowest portion of the
test section and corrected for test-gauge height. No pipe installation
will be accepted unless and until the leakage is less than the amounts
allowed in A.W.W.A. specification C-600, latest revision, Section
13.7, Table 3, and amendments thereto. Such leakage (evaluated on
a pressure of 150 psi) shall be less than 23.3 United States gallons
per twenty-four-hour per mile-inch-nominal diameter of pipe.
J.
Disinfection of mains.
(1)
Preliminary flushing. The main shall be flushed, prior
to chlorination, as thoroughly as possible with the water pressure
and outlets available. Flushing shall occur before the pressure test
has been made. It must be of such volume so as to create a velocity
of at least 2.5 feet per second per foot of pipe. All new work shall
be disinfected by the contractor.
(2)
Disinfection shall be performed in an approved manner
in accordance with the A.W.W.A. (standard of disinfection water mains)
designation C-651-86.
K.
Requirements for chlorination.
(1)
Before being placed in service, all new mains and
repaired portions or extensions to existing mains shall be chlorinated
so that a chlorine residual of not less than 10 ppm (parts per million)
remain in the water after 24 hours standing in the pipe. Exemption
from the requirement of chlorination may be granted by the public
health authority having jurisdiction if distribution system chlorine
residuals persist throughout the new main and are of sufficient magnitude
so that samples of the water delivered by the new main meet the approval
of the public health authority.
L.
Cleanup.
(1)
The contractor shall remove all temporary structures,
rubbish, waste materials, boulders, etc., resulting from the contractor's
operations at the contractor's own expense. This material may be hauled
to a disposal site approved by the Town Engineer or the Chief.
(2)
Storm drainage ditches will be restored.
(3)
Substitute drainage facilities will be maintained
where needed during construction.
(4)
Any damage done to sewer lines, private or public,
will be restored to the Town Engineer's or the Chief's approval.
(5)
Good construction methods shall be followed in this
work and partial cleanup shall be accomplished whenever ordered by
the Town Engineer or the Chief. If good cleanup is not accomplished
within reasonable time, other work may be halted until cleanup is
completed.
M.
Variances.
(1)
No modification, change or variance of these specifications
shall be valid unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the
applicant and the Chief or Supervisor of the Town.
N.
Print requirements upon completion of project. Upon
completion of the project, the contractor shall provide the Town with
two sets of reproducible prints and four sets of blueprints.
O.
Service line specifications. Any development within
the Town or any Town improvement areas shall meet the following requirements.
(1)
Water services shall be constructed of "Type K" copper,
meeting ASTM specifications B-88.
(2)
Corporation taps shall be direct tap only.
(6)
Couplings shall be Mueller H15403 O-ring design.
(8)
Any damaged one-and-one-half-inch to two-inch taps
or damaged smaller taps will require a Mueller Double Strap Tap Saddle,
500 psi working pressure, H105 Series with proper tap size.
P.
Q.
Meter installation. The following regulations shall
apply to the installation of meters:
(1)
Ball valves must be installed on the street side of
the meter.
(2)
Service lines over one inch must have a valve on both
sides of the meter.
(3)
A swing-type check valve must be installed on the
house side of the meter.
(4)
When water pressure exceeds 60 pounds pressure, a
reducer must be installed on the street side of the meter.
(5)
All nipples and fittings before the meter shall be
Schedule 40 brass.
(6)
There shall be no solder joints before meters.
R.
Regarding meter locations.
(1)
The Town Sewer and Water Department shall control
meter installations.
(2)
Each meter shall be located in an accessible heated
area such as the basement or utility room. Crawl spaces, closets,
under sinks, under beds, etc. are not acceptable.
(3)
Meter pits shall be required for any water service
that does not meet the above criteria. Said water meter pits shall
be of precast concrete vault or PVC pipe four feet in diameter, five
feet deep.
(4)
Vaults shall have a concrete cover with a hatch opening
18 inches to 24 inches.
(5)
Pits shall have a positive four-inch drain.
A.
The Town Board, in accordance with § 198,
Subdivision 3, of the Town Law, is hereby empowered to establish from
time to time, by resolution, water rates, charges for service and
fees to be paid by consumers within and outside any water district
or any improvement area.[1]
[1]
Editor's Note: The currently effective schedule
of rates and charges established by resolution of the Town Board is
on file in the office of the Town Clerk.
B.
The Town Board may provide, by ordinance or resolution,
that unpaid water charges in arrears for 30 days or longer shall be
subject to a penalty not exceeding 10% of the amount due and may further
provide for cutting off the supply of water if such water charges
are not paid within 60 days from the due date.
[Amended 7-8-1996 by L.L. No. 4-1996]
C.
Unpaid water charges and fees shall be levied as taxes
on the property of the consumer in accordance with the provisions
of § 198, Subdivision 3, of the Town Law.
[Added 10-10-2000[1]]
A.
Minimum rate, each cycle. Any property that has a
water hookup to the Town water system will be billed a minimum rate
each billing cycle regardless if the meter has been removed or not.
B.
Minimum rate, nonresidential customers. Nonresidential
customers will be billed a minimum rate four times the resident rate
each billed cycle.
[1]
Editor's Note: This amendment also provided
that it shall take effect 1-1-2001.
Any violation of this chapter or any rule or
regulation adopted hereunder shall be deemed a violation punishable
by a fine not to exceed $250 or by imprisonment not to exceed 15 days,
or both. The Town Board also shall have the right to enforce this
chapter or any rule or regulation adopted hereunder by an action or
proceeding for an injunction or by any other remedy available to it
under law.
