Current through Register Vol. 48, No. 39, March 25, 2024
Subpart 1.
[Renumbered subp 2]
Subpart 1.
Section 609.1.
UPC section 609.1 is amended to read as follows:
609.1
Installation. Water
piping shall be adequately supported in accordance with Table 313.3. Burred
ends shall be reamed to the full bore of the pipe or tube. Changes in
directions shall be made by the appropriate use of fittings, except that
changes in direction in copper or copper alloy tubing shall be permitted to be
made with bends, provided that such bends are made with bending equipment that
does not deform or create a loss in the cross-sectional area of the tubing.
Changes in direction are allowed with flexible pipe and tubing without fittings
in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions. Provisions shall be made
for expansion in hot-water piping. Piping, equipment, appurtenances, and
devices shall be installed in a workmanlike manner in accordance with the
provisions and intent of this code. Building supply and yard piping shall be
located not less than 12 inches (305 mm) below the maximum local frost depth,
in accordance with section 312.6, or an alternative approved by the Authority
Having Jurisdiction. The cover shall be not less than 12 inches (305 mm) below
finish grade.
Subp. 2.
[Renumbered subp 4]
Subp. 2.
Section 609.6.
UPC section 609.6 is amended to read as follows:
609.6
Location. Except as
provided in section 609.7, no building supply shall be located in a lot other
than the lot that is the site of the building or structure served by the
building supply.
609.6.1
Water Supply
Near Sources of Contamination. Potable water supply pipes shall not be
located in, under, or above cesspools, septic tanks, septic tank drainage
fields, seepage pits, soil treatment systems, contaminated soil, sewer
manholes, catch basins, storm water storage tanks, buried tanks containing
chemicals or petroleum products, or any other source of contamination that in
the judgment of the administrative authority might contaminate the potable
water supply. A horizontal separation of ten feet shall be maintained between
the outer edge of the water supply pipe and the outer edge of the contamination
source.
Subp. 3.
Section
609.10.
UPC section
609.10 is
amended to read as follows:
609.10
Water Hammer. Building supply systems where water hammer occurs
shall be provided with water hammer arrestors to absorb the resulting high
pressures. Water hammer arrestors shall be approved mechanical devices that
comply with ASSE 1010 or PDI-WH-201 and shall be installed as close as possible
to quick-acting valves. Subsection 609.10.1 Mechanical Devices is not
amended.
Subp. 4.
Section 609.
UPC section
609.11
is amended to read as follows:
609.11
Water Meters.
Water meters shall be located in an approved location inside a
building as close as possible to the point of entrance of the potable water
supply pipe, installed at least 12 inches above the finished floor, and readily
accessible. All water meter installations shall be rigidly supported with a
permanent support in order to prevent the meter from vibrating when the water
is passing through it.
Exceptions:
Where installation inside a building is not possible, the water
meter may be installed in an enclosed structure not subject to flooding, high
groundwater, or surface drainage runoff, provided the meter is protected from
freezing. Provisions shall be made to install the meters above grade when
possible. When installed below grade, the top of the structure shall be located
at least 12 inches above the finished grade, be secured, and be accessible.
This structure shall not be connected to any storm or sanitary sewer
system.