327 Ind. Admin. Code 3-6-19

Current through November 6, 2024

Section 327 IAC 3-6-19 - Deflection and leakage tests

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

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-15; IC 13-18

Sec. 19.

(a) A deflection test must be performed on each flexible pipe following the elapse of thirty (30) days after the placement of the final backfill.

(b) The pipe must not exceed a deflection of five percent (5%) or greater.

(c) The diameter of the rigid ball or mandrel used for a deflection test must be no less than ninety-five percent (95%) of the base inside diameter of the pipe to be tested, dependent on what is specified in the corresponding ASTM standard. The test must not be performed with the aid of a mechanical pulling device.

(d) All gravity sewer pipe must be tested using one (1) of the following leakage test types:

(1) A hydrostatic test must be performed with a minimum of two (2) feet of positive head. The rate of exfiltration or infiltration must not exceed two hundred (200) gallons per inch of pipe diameter per linear mile per day.

(2) An air test must conform to one (1) of the following methods:

(A) ASTM C828-90*, Standard Test Method for Low-Pressure Air Test of Vitrified Clay Pipe Lines, for clay pipe.

(B) ASTM C 924-89*, Standard Practice for Testing Concrete Pipe Sewer Lines by Low-Pressure Air Test Method, for concrete pipe.

(C) ASTM F1417-92*, Standard Test Method for Installation Acceptance of Plastic Gravity Sewer Lines Using Low-Pressure Air, for plastic pipe.

(e) All force mains must be pressure and leak tested in accordance with one (1) of the following methods:

(1) AWWA standard C600-93**, AWWA Standard for Installation of Ductile-Iron Water Mains and Their Appurtenances.

(2) AWWA standard C602-89**, AWWA Standard for Cement-Mortar Lining of Water Pipelines-4 In. (100 mm) and Larger-In Place.

(3) AWWA standard C603-90**, AWWA Standard for Installation of Asbestos-Cement Pressure Pipe.

(4) AWWA standard C605-94**, AWWA Standard for Underground Installation of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pressure Pipe and Fittings for Water.

(5) AWWA standard C606-87**, AWWA Standard for Grooved and Shouldered Joints.

If an AWWA standard is not available for the particular installation, the installation procedure recommended by the manufacturer must be followed.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from ASTM International, 100 Barr Harbor Drive, P.O. Box C700, West Conshohocken, PA 19428, www.astm.org, or are available for review at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Thirteenth Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

**These documents are incorporated by reference. Copies may be obtained from American Water Works Association, 6666 W. Quincy Ave., Denver, CO 80235, www.awwa.org, or are available for review at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana Government Center North, 100 North Senate Avenue, Thirteenth Floor, Indianapolis, Indiana 46204.

327 IAC 3-6-19

Water Pollution Control Board; 327 IAC 3-6-19; filed May 17, 1999, 12:11 p.m.: 22 IR 3095; errata filed Dec 1, 2000, 5:25 p.m.: 24 IR 1033; readopted filed Apr 11, 2005, 2:45 p.m.: 28 IR 2470; readopted filed Jun 15, 2011, 11:15 a.m.: 20110713-IR-327110193BFA; readopted filed Jun 29, 2017, 9:34 a.m.: 20170726-IR-327170225BFA

Filed 9/6/2018, 11:50 a.m.: 20181003-IR-327170278FRA

Readopted filed 5/12/2023, 1:07 p.m.: 20230607-IR-327230079BFA