(A) All service lines shall be direct tapped to the water main with corporation stop, curb stop and service box located below frost line. Contractor shall place a permanent saw cut “arrow mark” in the concrete curb adjacent to all services and the sawcut area shall be spray painted blue.
(B) The corporation stop shall be AY McDonald 74701B or 74701BT “NL Ball Style Corporation Stop”, Mueller catalog number B-25000 or B-25008 “300 Ball Type Corporation Valve”, Ford FB600-X-NL or FB1000-XY-Q-NL or engineer approved equal.
(C) The copper service piping shall be seamless, soft annealed copper, type K, conforming with ASTM Specification B-88, with loop or bend, and have a minimum cover of 48 inches.
(D) The curb stops shall be AY McDonald 76000Q or 76100 or 76101 “NL Ball Style Curb Stop”, Mueller catalog number B-20283 or B-25204 or B-25209 “300 Ball Curb Valves” or Ford B11-XXX-NL or B22-XXX-NL or B44-XXX-Q-NL with the curb box being AY McDonald 5601 and AY McDonald 5603 for one and one-fourths inch through two inch service or engineer approved equal. The curb stop shall sit on a concrete block. The curb stop and curb box shall be placed at the property line or on the easement line (whichever is farthest from the main) and shall be marked with a six feet steel T-Post driven down three feet deep, painted blue. Curb stop locations shall be marked with a four-inch by four-inch arrow mark () saw cut on curb and the sawcut area shall be spray painted blue.
(E) The contractor shall make service connections with a service saddle or MJ tapping tee. Service saddle shall be Smith-Blaire No. 264 (for four-inch to eight-inch diameter mains) or 265 (for ten-inch or 12-inch diameter mains), or engineer approved equivalent. MJ tapping tee shall be manufactured by Clow, Mueller or engineer approved equivalent in accordance with AWWA C153 requirements.