The complete "Palmdale Water District Official Standard Specifications for Water Distribution System Construction" document is available to the public in hard copy and can be purchased at the District's main office for a fee of $10. The PDF files below are a web representaion of the offical document minus the Standard Drawings.
| Section |
Description |
 SECTION 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS |
| 1-01 |
General |
| 1-02 |
Supplementary Specifications |
| 1-03 |
Definition of Terms |
| 1-04 |
Abbreviations |
| 1-05 |
Inspection of Work |
| 1-06 |
Plans Submitted by Private Engineers |
| 1-07 |
Easement Document Requirements |
| 1-08 |
Compliance with Laws and Regulations
|
| 1-09 |
Protection of Persons and Property |
| 1-10 |
Public Notice |
| 1-11 |
Materials and Workmanship |
| 1-12 |
Project Clean-up |
| 1-13 |
Guarantee |
| 1-14 |
Final Completion |
| 1-15 |
Equal Opportunity |
| 1-16 |
Trench Shoring and Sheeting |
| 1-17 |
Preservation of Monuments |
| 1-18 |
Dust Control |
| 1-19 |
Sanitation |
| 1-20 |
Shop Drawings |
| 1-21 |
Contract Bonds |
| SECTION 2 - PIPELINE MATERIALS |
| 2-01 |
General |
| 2-02 |
Scope |
| 2-03 |
Cement Mortar Lined and Coated Steel Pipe |
| 2-04 |
Ductile Iron Pipe |
| 2-05 |
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Pipe |
| SECTION 3 - VALVES, FIRE HYDRANTS, AND APPURTENANCES |
| 3-01 |
Gate Valves |
| 3-02 |
Check Valves |
| 3-03 |
Plug Valves |
| 3-04 |
Butterfly Valves |
| 3-05 |
Combination Air and Vacuum Valve Assemblies and Blow-off Assemblies |
| 3-06 |
Fire Hydrant Assemblies |
| 3-07 |
Location of Appurtenances |
| 3-08 |
Valve Boxes and Covers |
| 3-09 |
Flexible Couplings |
| 3-10 |
Compound Meters |
| 3-11 |
Flange Insulation Kits |
| SECTION 4 - PIPELINE INSTALLATION |
| 4-01 |
Scope |
| 4-02 |
Shop Drawings |
| 4-03 |
Control of Water |
| 4-04 |
Excavation |
| 4-05 |
Location of Existing Facilities |
| 4-06 |
Depth of Pipe |
| 4-07 |
Changes in Line and Grade |
| 4-08 |
Handling and Storing Materials |
| 4-09 |
Installing Pipe |
| 4-10 |
Foundation Rock |
| 4-11 |
Protective Coatings |
| 4-12 |
Shop Painting |
| 4-13 |
Anchor and Thrust Blocks |
| 4-14 |
Hydrostatic Tests |
| 4-15 |
Disinfection of Water Mains and Services |
| 4-16 |
Water |
| 4-17 |
Excavation of Pipeline Trench |
| 4-18 |
Valves |
| 4-19 |
Fire Hydrants |
| 4-20 |
Connections to Existing Water Lines |
| 4-21 |
Hot Tapping of Existing Water Lines |
| SECTION 5 - SERVICE LINES |
| 5-01 |
Locations of Service Lines |
| 5-02 |
Corporation Stops and Angle Stops |
| 5-03 |
Copper Tubing |
| 5-04 |
Fittings |
| 5-05 |
Connections to Asbestos-Cement Mains |
| 5-06 |
Connections to Cement Mortar Lined and Coated Steel Mains |
| 5-07 |
Connections to Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Mains |
| 5-08 |
Connections to Ductile Iron Mains |
| 5-09 |
Water Meters |
| 5-10 |
Pressure Regulators |
| 5-11 |
Cross Connection Protection |