Indiana Administrative Code
Title 327 - WATER POLLUTION CONTROL DIVISION
Article 8 - PUBLIC WATER SUPPLY
Rule 3.2 - Technical Standards for Water Mains
Section 3.2-13 - Use of dead-end mains

Universal Citation: 327 IN Admin Code 3.2-13

Current through September 18, 2024

Authority: IC 13-13-5-1; IC 13-14-8; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-2; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-4-1

Affected: IC 13-11-2

Sec. 13.

(a) All dead-end mains shall end with a valve and one (1) additional length of pipe beyond the valve that is properly plugged and capped.

(b) All dead-end main end points shall have flushing devices attached to the valve specified in subsection (a) that is sized to provide at least two and one-half (2.5) feet per second and a maximum of five (5) feet per second in the dead-end main during flushing. No flushing device may be connected directly to a sewer. A flushing device shall be selected in accordance with the following:

(1) The flushing device shall be a fire hydrant, flushing hydrant, or blow-off assembly if the diameter of the water main pipe is at least six (6) inches in diameter.

(2) The flushing device shall be a flushing hydrant or blow-off assembly if the diameter of the water main pipe is less than six (6) inches in diameter.

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