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Maintenance contract must be renewed annually with copies of said contract <br /> submitted to IRCDUS <br /> 14.03 WATER DISTRIBUTION <br /> A. All water mains shall be constructed in accordance with the Indian River County <br /> Water Master Plan, latest edition, or current AWWA Standard Specifications and <br /> current regulatory agencies requirements. <br /> B. All distribution systems shall be properly looped, where feasible, and valved to <br /> provide maximum flexibility in providing service. <br /> C. Design shall be based on an average daily consumption of 100-gallons per <br /> capita per day, a maximum day (MD) factor of 2.25 times average day and a <br /> peak hour factor of 4.5 times average day, per Indian River County Ordinance. <br /> D. Distribution systems shall be sized to provide for 100 percent of the combined <br /> required fire flow and maximum day demand rate, while maintaining a 20-psi <br /> residual pressure in the distribution system. <br /> E. All water mains shall be designed to provide a minimum pressure of 25-psi at <br /> ground level at all points in the distribution system under all conditions of flow <br /> (except as noted in D above). <br /> F. Dead-end 4-inch water distribution system mains may be used to serve up to 10 <br /> ERU's, but shall not exceed 300 linear feet and down stream of last Fire Hydrant <br /> Assembly. <br /> G. Fire flow requirements shall be as outlined within the Insurance Service Office <br /> (ISO) Fire Flow Requirements. <br /> H. The minimum size main in diameter serving fire hydrants shall not be less than 6- <br /> inches in diameter for residential (single family) areas and 8-inches in diameter <br /> for commercial areas and multifamily residential areas. <br /> I. Maximum fire hydrant spacing shall not exceed 1000-feet in single-family <br /> residential areas and 600-feet in commercial areas and multiple-family residential <br /> areas. No fire hydrant shall be over 500-feet from a single-family residence, <br /> multifamily residence, or commercial building. <br /> J. All public fire hydrants shall be painted Federal Safety Red. Private fire <br /> hydrants shall have the body painted red with a white painted bonnet. <br /> K. All fire mains shall be equipped with a double detector check valve assembly as <br /> shown in IRCDUS Standards Detail W-10. <br /> L. A gate valve must be installed on the same water main as the fire hydrant. An <br /> additional gate valve is required if the distance between the first gate valve and <br /> the hydrant is greater than 5-feet; as shown in IRCDUS Standards Detail W-2. <br /> 14 - 4 1'Z3.O.5• <br />