NEW WATER HOOK UPS - KON TIKI DR.

THE PROJECT MANAGER "DIANA DUERI" AND SENIOR FEILD INSPECTOR "FRED SEXTON" ANNOUNCED THAT OUR WATER HAS PASSED ALL OF THE TEST FROM THE COLLIER COUNTY LABORATORY.  ALL TEST RESULTS ARE BEING SENT TO THE STATE (DEP) FOR SIGNATURES. IN ABOUT ONE TO TWO WEEKS HOOK UP'S OF THE NEW WATER SYSTEM WILL BEGIN. ANTIGUA ST. WILL BE FIRST AND WHEN YOU SEE A BACK FLOW PREVENTER STICKING UP BY YOUR WATER METER, YOU ARE ON THE NEW WATER. THE BACK FLOW PREVENTERS MUST BE ABOVE THE GROUND, BECAUSE PREVIOUS EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT THEY FAIL PREMATURELY IF BURIED.  THE FIRE HYDRANTS WILL BE TESTED AND WHEN YOU SEE A HYDRANT THAT HAS NO BAG COVERING IT, IT IS IN SERVICE. FOR NOW, BOTH OLD AND NEW HYDRANTS WILL BE IN SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME.

AFTER ANTIGUA ST., THE REST OF ISLAND #4 WILL BE CONNECTED, FROM GRENADA AVE TO SAN JUAN AVE.

AT TODAY'S CONSTRUCTION MEETING NOT ONLY THE PASSING OF THE NEW WATER TEST WAS DISCUSSED, BUT THE TEMPORARY REPAVING OF THE CUT AT THE FIRE DEPARTMENT WITH NEW ASPHALT AND THE PRESSURE TESTING OF THE TEMPORARY WATER PIPE ACROSS THE BRIDGE. ALSO DISCUSSED, WAS THE EXISTING WATER QUALITY TO BUSINESSES ON THE ISLAND THAT DEPEND ON HAVING GOOD WATER FOR THE SERVICES THAT THEY SUPPLY. THE OLD EXISTING WATER PIPES, IF INSTALLED IN THE 1970'S OR EARLIER, COULD BE METAL PIPE  AND COULD BE ATTRIBUTING TO THE EXCESS IRON CONTENT IN THEIR DISHWASHERS AND SINKS. THE NEW WATER PIPE WILL BE PVC TO THE METER AND BACK FLOW PREVENTER, BUT FROM THAT POINT INTO THE BUSINESS IF THE PIPE IS METAL IT IS THE RESPONSIBILITY OF THE OWNER TO HAVE IT REPLACED.

MEANWHILE, THE DIGGING CREW IS CUTTING UP THE ASPHALT ON THE WALKWAY TO CONTINUE TOWARD TARPON VILLAGE..

THE GROUND WATER IS RISING AND THEY HAVE TO DEAL WITH THIS WHEN LAYING THE NEW WATER PIPE..

THE PATH OF THE NEW WATER PIPE IS BELOW THE WALKWAY AS IT GOES DOWN KON TIKI DR...

THEY HOOK ONTO THE 6" SUB-MAIN CROSSING THE ROAD AND TURN TO GO DOWN KONTIKI DR..

AS THEY CONTINUE DIGGING, THE SOIL TEST COMPANY TEST THE DIRT IN THE CUT ACROSS CAPRI BLVD FOR PROPER COMPACTION, IN ORDER TO ALLOW THE SECTION TO BE RE-PAVED.

 FIRST, A ROD IS DRIVEN INTO THE SOIL..

 

THEN A TEST ROD IS INSERTED INTO THE HOLE TO TEST THE MOISTURE CONTENT..

WHILE THE TEST RESULTS ARE BEING ANALIZED, THE TEMPORARY NEW WATER PIPE ACROSS THE BRIDGE IS LAID IN PLACE WITH IT'S TWO NEW 10" MAIN WATER ISOLATION VALVES...