12 Va. Admin. Code § 5-590-1140 - Installation and testing of water mains
A. Adequate supports and restraints shall be
provided for all pipes.
B. A
continuous and uniform bedding shall be provided in the trench for all buried
pipe.
C. Stones and rocks found in
the trench shall be removed to a depth of at least six inches below the bottom
of the pipe and selected fill bedding provided.
D. Installed pipe shall be pressure-tested
and meet allowable leakage as specified in accordance with AWWA Standards
C600-17, C604-17, and C605-13, where applicable.
E. Any plastic or other nonmetallic
pressurized pipe installed underground shall be provided with a material
conductive of electricity or some other means of locating the buried
pipe.
Notes
Statutory Authority: §§ 32.1-12 and 32.1-170 of the Code of Virginia.
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