TEMPORARY BY-PASS

AT THE WATER TANK, A TEMPORARY BY PASS LINE HAD BEEN INSTALLED TO CHLORINATE AND TEST THE NEW WATER SYSTEM ON ISLAND # 4. THE NEW WATER SYSTEM HAS PASSED ALL TEST AND NEW CONNECTIONS TO HOMES WILL SOON BEGIN. 

     THIS BYPASS WILL BE MOVED TO TEST THE NEW WATER PIPE FROM CRISTOBAL ST TO THE FIRE HOUSE.

THE BYPASS VALVE HAS BEEN REMOVED, IT WAS MOUNTED ABOVE THE GROUND..

THE TWO TEMPORARY BLUE PIPES ARE REMOVED AND THE NEW 12" WATER PIPE IS EXPOSED AND DRAINED.
ON THE POST DATED 5/19/10,(see archives above) THE 12" NEW WATER SYSTEM ISOLATION VALVE WAS INSTALLED, NOW THAT VALVE IS CONNECTED INTO THE NEW WATER SYSTEM.  

A 12" NEW WATER PIPE SECTION IS CUT AND PREPARED FOR INSTALLATION. THE NEW PIPE IS WASHED WITH CLOROX..

THE NEW SECTION IS LOWERED INTO PLACE..

THE NEW 12" SECTION IS FIT INTO THE 12" ISOLATION VALVE ON ONE END AND LINED UP TO FIT THE COUPLING ON THE OTHER..

THE 12" SECTION IS THEN BOLTED INTO PLACE..

THE DIGGING CREW THEN MOVED TO ANTIGUA ST. TO INSTALL THE NEW WATER SERVICE CONNECTIONS. WHEN ABOUT 3 STREETS ARE FINISHED, THE COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT WILL CONNECT THE METERS AND INSTALL THE BACK FLOW PREVENTERS..

THE CREW CUTS AND SPLICES THE TWO WAY SPLITTER TO FEED TWO HOMES..

THEY INSTALL THE SADDLE THAT THE BLUE WATER PIPE WILL CONNECT INTO..

THE BLUE WATER PIPE IS INSTALLED AND READY FOR THE COUNTY WATER DEPARTMENT TO CONNECT TO THE METER.