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Water Valve & Pit Specs
Local Valve Information
- All Valves are to left-hand open.
- All Valves to be operable through a cast iron box according to size of valve.
- 4 and 10-inch Valves
- Cast iron box
- 2 pc. with lid (adjustable)
- 12 inches and over Valves
- Cast iron box
- 3 pc. with lid (adjustable)
- Cast iron box
- 2 pc. with lid (adjustable)
- Water main to be polywrapped
- Class 55 ductile iron pipe up to 8 inches
Class 56 ductile iron pipe 10 inches and over - All services to be “K” copper up to 2 inches over 2 inches ductile iron
- See spec sheet for meter settings
- Fire hydrants are to be Kennedy K81 A left-hand open with 5 sided operating nuts and self draining with old Cincinnati threads on nozzles with watch valve, installed to proper elevation.
- All fittings should be compression or flair
- Meter Box and valve box shall be level and at finish grade
- Meter shall be centered in box meter Ford FV43-666 W(1 - 1/2) or FV-43-777 W (2 inches)
- All copper shall be type K equivalent
- All shall be backfilled with sand 6 inches below and 12 inches above pipe and inlet valve of meter
- PVC plastic crock
- Ford lid Mc-30-T with 1 3/4-inch hole
- Locking inlet and outlet valves with double check on
- No fitting permitted between corp stop and curb stop
- Any and all exceptions to be determined by the inspector
Meter Setting
- All fittings should be of compression type
- Meter box shall be installed at level
- Distance from meter box lid and face of meter shall be 15 inches to 18 inches
- meter shall be centered in box
- ALL copper shall be of TYPE K
- ALL boxes shall be at finished grade
- Backfill with sand in Township
- Meter pit no more than 10 inches from main into yard
- Cooporation stop threaded into main unless although flair will be accepted otherwise required by City to use tapping saddle.
- Curb box over curb stop with detectable lid to finished grade.
- Ford meter box W3C, plastic crock, with WA-3L-2T lid 1 7/8-inch hole.
- Inlet valve with locking ears
- Ford Y-502 meter yoke
- Double Check Valve 6-inch below and 12-inch above copper pipe