(A) (1) Prior to acceptance of any sanitary sewer line by the District, said line shall be inspected internally by the contractor by television as outlined below.
(2) Defects such as high and low spots, joint separations, offset joints, chipped ends, cracked or damaged pipe, infiltration points and debris in lines shall be corrected by the contractor. The camera equipment shall include a gauge that is visible on the video to accurately determine the depth of any standing water. For joint separations, low spots and chipped ends, the following maximum acceptable limits shall apply:
4-inch private lateral: | No standing water, indentation or chipped ends will be permitted |
6-inch through 10-inch pipe: | Joint separations - 1/2 inch Low spots - 1-inch maximum depth Chipped ends - 1/4 inch |
10 inches or greater: | Specific maximum limits set by District and incorporate into contract for each project |
(B) (1) The complete job is ready for television inspection when the following work has been completed.
(a) All sewer pipelines are installed and backfilled.
(b) All structures are in place, all channeling is complete and pipelines are accessible from structures.
(c) All other underground facilities, utility piping and conduits are installed.
(d) Final street subgrading is complete.
(e) Pipelines to be inspected have been preliminarily balled, flushed and the vertical deflection test completed for flexible sewer lines.
(f) Final air test has been completed.
(2) When the above work is complete, the contractor shall arrange for the television inspection.
(3) The contractor of the project shall notify the District, in writing, of the scheduled date of the television inspection.
(4) After conditions outlined above are met, the entire job will be initially televised.
(a) A video will be made and defects requiring correction will be noted.
(b) If no deficiencies are observed, the work will be considered satisfactory.
(5) The contractor will be notified, in writing, of any deficiencies revealed by the television inspection that will require repair. If corrective work is indicated and the contractor wishes to view the video, he or she shall contact the District to set a time for the viewing with the Engineer.
(6) Corrective work shall be done.
(7) Those portions of the pipeline system that have been corrected must be re-televised.
(8) The procedure outlined above will be repeated until all deficiencies observed by television inspection have been corrected to the satisfaction of the District.
(Ord. 2019-02, passed 4-25-2019)