Water Reclamation Department - Sewer Division SEWER INSPECTION

Sewer Inspection

1. You must have a sewer permit before the job is started and / or an inspection can be done.

2. If the city street, alley or parkway is torn up to make the repair or for a new installation, you must have a sewer permit and a right-of-way permit. The city alley or parkway must be put back exactly the way it was before the repair or installation.

3. You cannot have sump pumps, down spouts or footing tiles hooked to the sewer service. If you are repairing an old line, you must remove them at the time of repair.

4. All new sewer services must be 6". SDF 35 PVC pipe or equivalent may be used. 6" cleanouts must be five (5) feet from the foundation, then every 100 feet or at bends.

5. You must have caps or plugs on cleanouts and basements at the time of inspection.

6. All drops or rises must be 45 degree bends. You can use two (2) 45 degree bends to make a 90 degree bend.

7. You can use two (2) 22 degree bends to make a bend without cleanouts.

8. All taps on to city sewer mains 12" or larger must be saddled with an approved pipe saddle. Any pipe under 12" must use a properly installed Wye in the sewer main. When a properly installed Wye connection is not available in the public sewer, you can install a Wye connection AT YOUR EXPENSE. You CANNOT hook up to a city manhole.

9. All sewer services must have 1/8" of fall per foot or one (1) foot of fall per 100 feet.

10. All sewer services must have a ten (1) foot separation from water lines or an 18" vertical separation from water lines.

11. No building sewer services shall be laid parallel to or within three (3) feet of any bearing wall which might be weakened.

12. A sewer service must be bedded in sand or stone, preferably sand. A dry base is required - if the trench has water in it, you must pump the water out before bedding.

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