(a) The permittee shall test the completed and backfilled sanitary sewer service connection from the point of connection of the serviced building and the downstream end of the test tee by plugging the tees with an appropriate plumbers test plug and filling the sewer with clean water.
(b) The test shall be conducted in the presence of the Superintendent or designee. The test shall be of thirty minutes duration. The test shall be observed by the City Engineer or his or her duly authorized representative. A measurement of the water surface in the test riser shall be made after the first fifteen minutes of the test period has elapsed. A second measurement shall be taken at the end of the thirty minute test period. The installation shall be considered satisfactory with respect to water tightness if no perceptible difference in the water surface level is observed. The installation shall be considered unsatisfactory if a perceptible change in water surface level is observed. All measurement shall be taken and recorded by the City Engineer or his or her duly authorized representative. If the test indicates leakage, such leakage shall be eliminated by the permittee and the test again conducted as described in this section.
(Ord. 09-119. Passed 11-17-09; Ord. 10-11. Passed 1-19-10.)