Sewer Connection Bulletin for Drainlayers

The Town of Holden, Department of Public Works will require strict adherence to the Rules and Regulations Relating to the Construction and Use of Particular Sewers.

SPECIAL NOTICE:

        • INSPECTIONS WILL ONLY BE MADE DURING THE HOURS OF 8:00 AM TO 4:00 PM MONDAYS THROUGH THURSDAY AND 8:00 AM TO NOON ON FRIDAYS EXCEPT HOLIDAYS.

PLEASE NOTE: A minimum two (2) hour notification shall be given by the contractor for requested inspections.

The following is a list of requirements for house connections to the sanitary sewer lines:

1. A valid permit must be issued prior to the start of work to install a particular sewer connection. Lack of an approved permit may result in suspension or revocation of your drainlayers license.

2. Proper notification to all required agencies must be made within required time periods.  Notification to Dig-safe (888-344-7233) must be made 72 hours prior to the start of work.  The Holden Water Department (508-829-0249) must be notified 48 hours prior to the start of work for information and location marking of water lines.

3. The contractor is responsible to comply with all applicable OSHA open trench safety requirements. It is not the Town's responsibility to inspect each site for compliance.

4. Each particular sewer shall be laid directly to the building sewered.  Not more than one building can be connected with a particular sewer through the same pipe.

5. Six inch (6") Schedule 35 PVC pipe as approved by the Superintendent of Sewers will be used to make connections of all particular sewers to within five feet of the foundation wall of the building to be sewered.  A four-inch (4") heavy cast iron pipe or equivalent PVC pipe (Schedule 40) shall be used through the foundation wall.

6. Minimum allowable slope is 2% or 1/4 inch per foot.

7. All pipes shall be laid with the bell end toward the outlet at the foundation (bell end uphill). Pipes shall not be reversed to eliminate fittings.

8. All joints shall be push on rubber type fittings. No glued PVC joints will be allowed outside the Foundation walls. The connection to be made from the six-inch (6") PVC pipe to the four-inch (4") heavy cast iron pipe shall be made with a rubber boot adapter.  This adapter shall be of an approved type with stainless steel compression rings designed to create a water-tight seal.

9. Approved PVC bends, angles, and joints will be required at all horizontal and vertical angles as required. Pipes SHALL NOT be deflected to create bends or angles. Pipes shall be laid straight between bends. Connections made to the lateral pipe at the street line shall be made into the existing bell end of the pipe. Should a bell end not exist, the contractor shall place the appropriate PVC compression fitting on the pipe.

10. Maximum allowable bend is forty five degrees (45 degrees). No more than two (2) forty five-degree (45 degree) bends shall be installed without the installation of a cleanout pipe. A clean out is also required for any straight length of pipe greater than 100 feet.

11. The particular sewer shall be laid in an envelope of crushed stone. A minimum of four inches (4") of crushed stone shall surround the lower half of the pipe. The crushed stone shall be placed to a minimum depth to the spring line or half the diameter of the pipe.

12. Select backfill material shall be placed to a minimum height of twelve inches above the top of pipe.

13. Only washed crushed stone shall be used as bedding material for any particular sewer.

14. Minimum size of particular sewer lines shall not be less than six (6) inches in diameter.

15. NO TRENCH  or PART OF TRENCH opened for the purpose of making a sewer connection shall be backfilled until the Superintendent of Sewers or his agent therein has inspected the installation.

16. No part of the top of the particular sewer pipe shall be covered, buried or otherwise obstructed from view during the inspection of the particular sewer. All joints, bends, and connections shall be made visible to the satisfaction of the Superintendent of Sewers or his agent.

17. If at any time the particular sewer line is located under ground water, the Contractor shall be required to pump the trench dry until the connection has been made to the sewer. The Contractor shall not at any time allow groundwater, stones, debris or other foreign materials to enter into the sewer main during the installation of any particular sewer. Sewers installed below water table shall be constructed to water main standards using ductile iron pipe.

18. If during the installation of a particular sewer the contractor allows stones, debris or other foreign materials to enter into the sewer main he shall be liable for any and all damages, or associated costs relative to any damage to down stream piping, pumps, or other components of the main sewer system.

19. At no time during the installation of a lateral sewer will the contents of an on-site septic system be allowed to enter into the sewer line. Should this occur, the Contractor might be subject to a fine, suspension or revocation of his drain layers license.

20. No waterline, gasoline, electric or telephone conduit shall be laid in the same trench with the sewer line.

21. Private pumping units may be allowed but are the responsibility of the property owner to operate and maintain.  The holding tank must be sized with one days worth of storage above the high water alarm (using Title V flow calculations of 110 gal/bedroom). Discharge piping should be protected from freezing and may require additional valving and clean outs.

22. The Engineering Department should be notified prior to 4:00 PM for inspections of drains to be laid the following day. In no case will inspection be made without a minimum of 2 hour notice.

23. An inspection fee of ($50.00) dollars is to be charged for inspection in connection with the installation of any particular sewer and each building thereto. An additional charge of Twenty-five ($25.00) Dollars per inspection will be charged to the drainlayer for additional inspections to the same location.

21. Whenever the provisions of these and all parts of the Rules and Regulations Relating to the Construction and Use of Particular Sewers or the conditions set forth in the permit, are not complied with, a stop work order shall be served upon the owner or his representative and a copy thereof shall be posted at the site of the construction, which stop work order shall not be removed except by written notice of the Superintendent of Sewers after satisfactory evidence has been supplied that the violation has been corrected.

22. Any violation of the provisions of the "Rules and Regulations relating to the Construction and Use of Particular Sewers" in Holden may result in a suspension or revocation your Drainlayers License.