Pipes & Infrastructure
The name for a water line leaving the meter leading to the house.
What is a tailpiece
This piece of heavy machinery is used to excavate trenches.
Excavator
This piece of equipment is required to be worn at ALL TIMES on the job site.
What is a hard hat?
A resident's water bill suddenly doubles without an increase in use.
What is a tailpiece leak?
What is calling dispatch?
Most common type of material for sewer main line?
What is clay pipe?
The type of shovel used to probe for underground utilities.
What is a sharpshooter?
First step to take when arriving to jobsite.
What is setting up traffic control?
You find a manhole with sewage flowing out of the lid.
What is a SSO?
The first step to arriving at your truck in the morning.
What is a pre trip inspection?
This type of infrastructure is used to completely shut off the flow of water in a pipe.
What is a valve?
This tool specializes in tightening bolts at correct torque.
What is a torque wrench?
The safety procedure required before any worker can enter a trench deeper than 5 feet.
What is a trench box?
The most common material used to patch a leak on a main, which is a rubber clamp with a metal shell.
What is a full circle clamp?
Final step after dumping into spoil pile.
What is pushing the pile up?
The common size for a sewer lateral pipe.
What is 4 inches?
A specialized camera attached to a cable that is sent into a sewer line to inspect for blockages or damage.
What is a CCTV inspection camera?
The safety rule that requires workers to contact a central service before any excavation to prevent hitting underground utilities.
What is 811?
Customer lives in an older part of town and has low water pressure with no leak.
What is a galvanized service?
3-5 of these are required on the work order.
What are pictures?
This plastic pipe material is what we use to make water main repairs.
This tool is required to be used to test the atmosphere in a confined space.
What is a gas meter?
This is the minimum percentage of oxygen required in a confined space for a worker to enter without a self-contained breathing apparatus.
What is 19.5%?
This constitutes sewer coming out of the clean out to become a SSO.
What is a main line blockage?
This sheet must be handed to a team leader in person.
What is a vacation slip?