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1~' . S ;:~,tt'~~ ICS GT'1].13 GOIVIU VG'TIONS Setiver service curb connections shall be constructed as shov,n on the plans, and shall lr~ 7_aid in accordance vrith ti^e ,specifications for v_itrif'iod pipe sewers from the maim sewor to a pcint three (3) feet back of th.e curb J,~.i-ae: t~~~Yaert:ver test "T"s are instGlled; 'the swine shal]_ be encased. in C].ass "C" concrete 'to a point opposite the top of the upper sewer. ;~11 curb connections shall be Closod at ti1E: out~,r end with vr~.trified stopl~~er.s, sealed wi.tl'a ~~~proved bitumii:ous jointing coanpo,and. u~~liere concrete encasement of curb connections is s;t~^ci~'ierl, or called for on the plans, the cost of such concrete encasement sh~xll be includecl in the contract unit price for curb conraectior_s . 19. Ll!;~;1L11G~ `P~Sfii FOn S~`;i~N,S: X111 sewersconstructed under these s;~~eC:i'C:it;..ation sY:al]_ be tested for leal:a~;~o, in the fol]..o~.~a-ing manner: (?) SIl]GL~~, `3i+';Ei~~ COl`~r.STRUC'"T,')?: .xs soon as s ~~.c-cion of sewer h4s been construct- ed between manholes, and the manholes have bee~1 coanpleteci, a suitable p:iug manu- factured for that purpose shall be i_a>.s^rted. •in thr~> set^rer at the lower rn~a.nhole, and the section filled with v.ater tc a he<<d of at .least one foo''t; (1') ai:~ove tiae top of the sewer pipe in the up}?e~~ i~~anho].e. .The drop in heai:t at, the upper rlaalilol:'. sl-iali not e~:c •~~ed one-half inch (1/2") for ei~ ht inch (8") sevrers to 'two inches (2") ~~'or trai_~ty inch (30") se~~.ers for the 7 ast ~~hirty minutes of a period of. one hour. (b) DTJ,r~L `i;a'~a'~aR C01`1STR1?CT]:Oid: In tastin_~~ dual sevlrers f'or leakage, the storm sewer in the lo~rer rnanhole of each section s1~a11 ~be plu~:~~ed as above s;~sci.fi.ed., and the s~:xaitary sewer shall be p1u€J2~ed on the d.oz~mstream side of the lower manYaole and on the upstream side of the upper. manhole. The storm sevrer shall thet>. be filled with water to a head of at 1.~:asi; on~s foot (1') above tlae top of tl~e stor.n sower l~~ipe :in the azpper ;nanl~aole. The increase in head at the lov~rer saraitar3T manl~.ole steal]. not eYCi:od one-half inch (1%2") in the tr ir. ty minute period follovrin~~ fi]_li.ra~, o~ the st-oraa sc:ti^:er. In :a.ais9_ng, the above tests, al]_ equ-wpmen~t and la'oor shall be furnished by the Contractor and the cost thereof s1:a11 be :a.nr.ludeci in the price bid per lineaJ~^ foot of sewer. any section of sewer sho~~~;ing lealcar;e in e<cess of the aanounts above speci- fied shall be repaired or replaced at the ea:pensc of the Contractor.. 20. SL''RGIC;Ti; l~lLiRI~INGS: lherever a stone or concrete sidewalk or curb exists, service connections shall be indicated by titi-itness si~-,ns cut into thE: sidewalk or curb. la;ach riser' slant or °1'" cannection, left i~lug,_~ed ai; the sev~~er s'ral]. be evidenced by a triangle and each sewer curb coraa~ec•tion, plug€;ed a.~t the curb shall be evidenced b~~~• an arrow. 21. LE:~K~iGE Tc;S`1' l+Of~. ,~s~~T';1~. ;;r,IYS: tiUhenever sev~ver til*orl{ is adjacent to a water main, tests of the ms.in~ shall be made at the Contractor's expense, upon co,:~pletion of -thv sewer work along oath section of vrater main betv~reen Brae valvEs, t~~ deterar:_ine if any ].eal;aCe has been s - 13