The following shall be the minimum requirement when installing water and sewer service lines or modifying existing property water and sewer systems in the city, with the property owner being liable for their contractor adhering to these requirements.
(A) A city application for service form must be completed prior to any water or sewer service installation, either by the contractor or the property owner. Precise location coordinates and/or as-built drawings will be provided to the city by the contractor.
(B) The contractor will furnish and install a coated, solid copper tracer wire on all non-conductive water and sewer service lines in the trench alongside the pipe. Wire color will be blue for water and green for sewer.
(C) The tracer wire must be 12 gauge minimum and run continuously without splices for the full length of the service line, from the building to water or sewer main. If splicing is necessary, a direct buy splice kit is required.
(D) The tracer wire shall daylight at the point of entry at the foundation of the building through PVC conduit and a blank box as a future contact point to locate the service.
(E) Tracer wire will be installed on all new water main installations in the street/roadway and will come to the surface at every fire hydrant for termination.
(F) Depending on circumstances of a specific installation, the Water/Sewer Department may also require that tracer wire be run to curb boxes, cleanouts, or fire hydrants.
(Ord. 231, passed 5-14-2007)