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SECTION 332100 - WATER SUPPLY WELLS

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This Section uses the term "Architect."Change this term to match that used to identify the design professional as defined in the General and Supplementary Conditions.

Verify that Section titles referenced in this Section are correct for this Project's Specifications; Section titles may have changed.

PART 1 - GENERAL

1.1RELATED DOCUMENTS

  1. Drawings and general provisions of the Contract, including General and Supplementary Conditions and Division01 Specification Sections, apply to this Section.

1.2SUMMARY

  1. This Section includes the following:

Adjust list below to suit Project.

  1. [Cable-tool] [Rotary drilled] [Reverse-rotary drilled] [Driven] water supply wells.
  2. [Jet] [Line-shaft] [Submersible] well pumps.

1.3DEFINITIONS

Retain abbreviations that remain after this Section has been edited.

  1. ABS:Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene plastic.
  2. PA:Polyamide (nylon) plastic.
  3. PE:Polyethylene plastic.
  4. PP:Polypropylene plastic.
  5. PVC:Polyvinyl chloride plastic.

1.4PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS

Insert required capacity in paragraph below for completed and tested water supply well.Data will be used to determine other variable information such as diameters of bore, casing, and screen, and will affect allowances and unit prices if used.

  1. Minimum Tested Water Supply Well Performance Capacity:Insert capacity in gallons per minute (liters per second).

1.5ALLOWANCES

See the Evaluations in Section012100 "Allowances" for discussion of allowances and how to include them in Project.Coordinate requirements in this Article with Section012100 "Allowances."

  1. Allowance amounts and quantities are specified in Section012100 "Allowances."
  2. Water Supply Well Depth Allowance:Install complete and functional well to depth indicated in Section012100 "Allowances." If water supply well depths vary from quantities in the allowance, the Contract Sum will be adjusted according to unit prices listed in "Unit Prices" Article.Include the following in the Contract Amount:
  3. Labor for water supply well installation.
  4. Furnishing and installing casing materials, grout, well screen, and packing materials in required diameter to comply with minimum performance requirements specified in the Section Text.

Delete subparagraph below if well pumps are not included in the allowance or are in a separate allowance.

  1. Furnishing and installing well pump.

Delete first paragraph below if well pump is part of well allowance specified in "Water Supply Well Depth Allowance" Subparagraph above.

  1. Water supply wells and well pumps are covered by cash allowance.[Allowance includes labor and materials.]
  2. Well pumps are covered by cash allowance.[Allowance includes labor and materials.]

1.6UNIT PRICES

Unit prices are useful when nature of the Work is well defined but extent or quantity of the Work is not known or is likely to change.Provide space on the Bid Form for bidders to propose unit-price amounts.Transcribe unit-price amounts from the Bid Form to the Form of Agreement.Coordinate general measurement and payment requirements in Section012200 "Unit Prices." Retain this Article for specific measurement and payment requirements for unit prices for installed water supply wells or for adjustment to quantity allowances.

  1. Unit-Price Amounts:As stipulated in the Form of Agreement.
  2. Measurement and Payment Procedures:Specified in Section012200 "Unit Prices."

Coordinate units (e.g., feet or meters) and what is included in units (e.g., water supply well, casing, and grout) stipulated in the Form of Agreement with those described in paragraph below.Retain grout if rotary or reverse-rotary drilling method is used.

  1. Measurement Units for Water Supply Wells, Casings, and Grout:Per linear foot (meter) of well depth.

1.7ACTION SUBMITTALS

  1. Product Data:Submit certified performance curves and rated capacities of selected well pumps and furnished specialties and accessories for each type and size of well pump indicated.
  2. Shop Drawings:Show layout and connections for well pumps.
  3. Wiring Diagrams:Power, signal, and control wiring.
  4. Setting Drawings:Include templates and directions for installing foundation bolts, anchor bolts, and other anchorages.
  5. Project Record Documents:Record the following data for each water supply well:

Data in five subparagraphs below are examples of required information.

  1. Casings:Material, diameter, thickness, weight per foot (meter) of length, and depth below grade.
  2. Screen:Material, construction, diameter, and opening size.
  3. Pumping Test:Static water level, maximum safe yield, and drawdown at maximum yield.
  4. Log:Formation log indicating strata encountered.
  5. Alignment:Certification that well is aligned and plumb within specified tolerances.

1.8INFORMATIONAL SUBMITTALS

  1. Field quality-control reports, including the following:
  2. Substrata formations.
  3. Water-bearing formations.
  4. Water levels.
  5. Laboratory water analysis.
  6. Well-screen analysis.
  7. Performance test data.

1.9CLOSEOUT SUBMITTALS

  1. Operation and Maintenance Data:For each well pump to include in emergency, operation, and maintenance manuals.

1.10QUALITY ASSURANCE

Retain paragraph below if required; delete if not available at Project location.

  1. Well Driller Qualifications:An experienced water supply well driller licensed in the jurisdiction where Project is located.

If an independent testing agency is required, see Section014000 "Quality Requirements" for general testing and inspecting agency qualification requirements.If additional control is needed, use first paragraph below to specify 29CFR1910.7 or other more specific criteria (e.g., NETA).29CFR1910.7 defines a nationally recognized testing laboratory as it applies to testing and inspecting for safety, and lists, labels, or accepts equipment and materials that meet certain OSHA criteria.

  1. Testing Agency Qualifications:An independent agency, with the experience and capability to conduct the testing indicated, that is a nationally recognized testing laboratory (NRTL) as defined by OSHA in 29CFR1910.7.
  2. Electrical Components, Devices, and Accessories:Listed and labeled as defined in NFPA70, Article100, by a testing agency acceptable to authorities having jurisdiction, and marked for intended use.
  3. Comply with AWWAA100 for water supply wells.

1.11PROJECT CONDITIONS

Retain paragraph and subparagraphs below if interruption of existing water service is required.Coordinate with requirements specified in Section015000 "Temporary Facilities and Controls" for temporary utilities.

  1. Interruption of Existing Water Service:Do not interrupt water service to facilities occupied by Owner or others unless permitted under the following conditions and then only after arranging to provide temporary water service according to requirements indicated:
  2. Notify [Architect] [Construction Manager] [Owner] no fewer than [seven] <Insert number> days in advance of proposed interruption of water service.
  3. Do not proceed with interruption of water service without [Architect's] [Construction Manager's] [Owner's] written permission.

Retain paragraph below if required.Verify with Owner that water for drilling will be available to Contractor; determine if Owner will charge Contractor for use of well drilling water.

  1. Well Drilling Water:[Owner will provide] [Provide] temporary water and piping for drilling purposes.Provide necessary piping for water supply.

1.12WARRANTY

For complete details, please refer to our Standard Terms and Conditions and WarrantyandLimitations of Liability at:

  1. Manufacturer's Special Warranty on Domestic Products: Conbraco Industries, Inc. warrants products to be free of defects in workmanship or material for a period of five years. This warranty applies to Apollo brand products with "Made in the USA" markings only. Conbraco will correct such defects by suitable repair or replacement at Conbraco's discretion.
  2. Manufacturer's Special Warranty on International Products: APOLLO INTERNATIONAL products will be free of defects in workmanship or material for a period of two years. Conbraco will correct such defects by suitable repair or replacement at Conbraco's discretion.
  3. Manufacturer's Warranty on LASCO Fittings, Inc. products will be free of defects in workmanship for a period of three (3) years from date of installation. The manufacturers liability under expressed or implied warranty or for any reason is limited to furnishing replacement units or granting a credit for defective units. No labor expense or consequential damages will be paid by LASCO Fittings, Inc.

PART 2 - PRODUCTS

2.1WELL CASINGS

Select one of first three paragraphs below.Authorities having jurisdiction may require or allow other materials.

  1. Steel Casing:AWWAC200, single ply, steel pipe with threaded ends and threaded couplings for threaded joints.

Delete first two paragraphs below if well is deeper than 100 feet (30m) or water temperature is higher than 140 degF (60 degC).

  1. ABS Casing:ASTMF480, ABS, Schedule[40] [80] bell-and-spigot pipe and couplings for solvent-cemented joints.

Retain optional text for NSF requirements in paragraph below if NSF14 compliance is required by authorities having jurisdiction.

  1. PVC Casing:ASTMF480[and NSF14,] PVC, Schedule[40] [80] bell-and-spigot pipe and couplings for solvent-cemented joints.[Include NSF listing mark "NSFwc."]

Retain one of first two paragraphs below.These specialties are designed for use with jet and submersible pumps.Pitless adapter is installed in casing.Pitless unit replaces a portion of casing.

  1. Pitless Adapter:Fitting, of shape required to fit onto casing, with waterproof seals.
  2. Pitless Unit:Factory-assembled equipment that includes pitless adapter.
  3. Well Seals:Casing cap, with holes for piping and cables, that fits into top of casing and is removable, waterproof, and vermin proof.

2.2GROUT

Retain this Article only if rotary drilled or reverse-rotary drilled water well is selected.

  1. Cement:ASTMC150, TypeII.
  2. Aggregates:ASTMC33, fine and coarse grades.
  3. Water:Potable.

2.3WATER WELL SCREENS

  1. Screen Material:Fabricated of ASTMA666, Type304 stainless steel[,welded; with continuous-slot, V-shaped openings that widen inwardly] [tube; with slotted or perforated surface and designed for well-screen applications].
  2. Screen Couplings:Butt-type, stainless-steel coupling rings.
  3. Screen Fittings:Screen, with necessary fittings, closes bottom and makes tight seal between top of screen and well casing.
  4. Maximum Entering Velocity:0.1 fps (0.03m/s).

2.4PACK MATERIALS

Retain this Article only if rotary drilled or reverse-rotary drilled water well is specified and pack material is required.

Retain paragraph below if soil formation is fine sand.

  1. Coarse, uniformly graded filter sand, maximum 1/8 inch (3 mm) in diameter.

Retain paragraph below if soil formation is medium or coarse sand.

  1. Fine gravel, maximum 1/4 inch (6 mm) in diameter.

2.5JET WELL PUMPS

See Editing Instruction No.1 in the Evaluations for cautions about naming manufacturers and products.Retain one of first three paragraphs and list of manufacturers below.See Section016000 "Product Requirements."

  1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the following:
  2. A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.
  3. ITT - Goulds Pumps.
  4. Jacuzzi Inc.
  5. Myers, F.E.; Pentair Ltd.
  6. Pentair Pump Group; Layne/Verti-Line.
  7. Sta-Rite Industries, Inc.; Pentair Ltd.
  8. Insert manufacturer’s name>.
  9. Description:[Shallow] [Deep]-well-design, jet well pump; self-priming; centrifugal pump capable of continuous operation; with the following features:
  10. Housing:Cast iron.
  11. Impeller:[Single stage] [Multistage], centrifugal; fabricated of corrosion-resistant materials.
  12. Seals:Mechanical.
  13. Shaft:Stainless steel.
  14. Motor:Manufacturer's standard, NEMAMG1 motor, panel, and accessories.

Retain one of two subparagraphs below.Retain first for shallow wells 25 feet (7.6m) deep or less; retain second for deep wells.If electronic, variable-speed controls are used, "Compression Tanks" subparagraphs in "Pump Accessories" Paragraph below may be omitted.

  1. Motor Controls:Electronic; variable speed.
  2. Check valve, ejector, and pressure-control valve.
  1. Pump Accessories:

Retain one of first two subparagraphs below.Retain first if tanks are specified in Section221223 "Facility Indoor Potable-Water Storage Tanks." Compression tanks may be omitted if pumps have electronic, variable-speed control.

  1. Compression Tanks:Comply with requirements in Section221223 "Facility Indoor Potable-Water Storage Tanks."
  2. Compression Tanks:Precharged butyl rubber diaphragm, steel shell, fused polymeric lining, and 100-psig (690-kPa) working pressure.
  3. Pressure Switches:For pump control; for installation in piping.

Retain one of two subparagraphs and associated subparagraph below.

  1. Water Piping:ASTMA53/A53M, Schedule40, galvanized-steel pipe with threaded ends.
  2. Cast-Iron Fittings:ASMEB16.4, threaded, galvanized.
  3. Water Piping:ASTMD2239, SIDR Numbers5.3, 7, or 9 PE pipe; made with PE compound number required to give pressure rating not less than [160 psig (1100 kPa)] [200 psig (1380 kPa)].Include NSF listing mark "NSFpw."
  4. Fittings for PE Pipe:ASTMD2609, made of PA, PP, or PVC with serrated, male insert ends matching inside of pipe.Include bands or crimp rings.

In "Basis-of-Design Manufacturer" Subparagraph below, LASCO fittings are made in U.S.A.

1)Basis-of-Design Manufacturer: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by LASCO Fittings, Inc. or comparable products by one of the following:

a)American Granby.

b)Spears Manufacturing Company.

c)Insert manufacturer's name>.

If Project has more than one type or configuration of jet well pump, delete paragraph and subparagraphs below and schedule pumps on Drawings.

  1. Capacities and Characteristics:
  2. Pump:
  3. Capacity:Insert gpm (L/s).
  4. Discharge Head:Insert psig (kPa).
  5. Discharge Size:Insert NPS (DN).
  6. Speed:Insert rpm.
  7. Motor Horsepower:Insert value.
  8. Lift:Insert feet (m).
  9. Pressure Rating:Insert psig (kPa).
  10. Volts:Insert value.
  11. Phases:Insert value.
  12. Hertz:Insert value.
  13. Full-Load Amperes:Insert value.
  14. Minimum Circuit Ampacity:Insert value.
  15. Maximum Overcurrent Protection:Insert amperage.
  16. Compression Tank Capacity:Insert gal. (L).

2.6LINE-SHAFT WELL PUMPS

See Editing Instruction No.1 in the Evaluations for cautions about naming manufacturers and products.Retain one of three paragraphs and list of manufacturers below.See Section016000 "Product Requirements."

  1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the following:
  2. American Turbine Pump Co.
  3. Crane Pumps & Systems.
  4. Fairbanks Morse.
  5. Flowserve Corporation.
  6. ITT - Goulds Pumps.
  7. Peerless Pump Company.
  8. Pentair Pump Group; Layne/Verti-Line.
  9. Sulzer Pumps Inc.
  10. WDM Pumps.
  11. Insert manufacturer’s name>.

Cast-iron and bronze impellers comply with AWWAE101.Other available impellers are made of stainless steel and molded plastic but do not comply with AWWAE101.

Water-lubricated pumps are normally used for column pipe and bowl assemblies that are 50 feet (15m) deep or less; oil-lubricated pumps are normally used for column pipe and bowl assemblies that are more than 50 feet (15m) deep.

  1. Description:Line-shaft, [water] [oil]-lubricated, vertical-turbine well pump complying with HI2.1-2.2 and HI2.3; with the following features:
  2. Impeller Material:[Stainless steel] [Carbon steel] [Bronze].
  3. Motor:Full-voltage starting, vertical hollow- or solid-shaft, squirrel-cage induction type complying with ANSIC50.10.
  4. Pump Base:Cast iron or fabricated steel.
  5. Column Pipe:ASTMA53/A53M, Schedule40, galvanized-steel pipe with threaded ends and cast-iron or steel threaded couplings.

If Project has more than one type or configuration of line-shaft well pump, delete paragraph and subparagraphs below and schedule pumps on Drawings.

  1. Capacities and Characteristics:
  2. Capacity:Insert gpm (L/s).
  3. Discharge Head:Insert psig (kPa).
  4. Discharge Size:Insert NPS (DN).
  5. Speed:Insert rpm.
  6. Motor Horsepower:Insert value.
  7. Lift:Insert feet (m).
  8. Pressure Rating:Insert psig (kPa).
  9. Volts:Insert value.
  10. Phases:Insert value.
  11. Hertz:Insert value.
  12. Full-Load Amperes:Insert value.
  13. Minimum Circuit Ampacity:Insert value.
  14. Maximum Overcurrent Protection:Insert amperage.

2.7SUBMERSIBLE WELL PUMPS

See Editing Instruction No.1 in the Evaluations for cautions about naming manufacturers and products.Retain one of three paragraphs and list of manufacturers below.See Section016000 "Product Requirements."

  1. Manufacturers: Subject to compliance with requirements, provide products by one of the following:
  2. A.Y. McDonald Mfg. Co.
  3. Aermotor.
  4. American Turbine Pump Co.
  5. Crane Pumps & Systems.
  6. Grundfos Pumps Corporation.
  7. ITT - Goulds Pumps.
  8. Jacuzzi Inc.
  9. Myers, F.E.; Pentair Ltd.
  10. Peerless Pump Company.
  11. Pentair Pump Group; Layne/Verti-Line.
  12. Reda Productions Services; Schlumberger Limited.
  13. Sta-Rite Industries, Inc.; Pentair Ltd.
  14. Sulzer Pumps Inc.
  15. Weber Industries, Inc.
  16. Wilo USA LLC.
  17. Insert manufacturer’s name>.

Submersible pump in paragraph below may be used for any depth.

  1. Description:Submersible, vertical-turbine well pump complying with HI2.1-2.2 and HI2.3; with the following features:
  2. Impeller Material:[Stainless steel] [Silicon bronze].
  3. Motor:Capable of continuous operation under water, with protected submersible power cable.
  4. Column Pipe:ASTMA53/A53M, Schedule40, galvanized-steel pipe with threaded ends and cast-iron or steel threaded couplings.

Retain subparagraph above or subparagraph and associated subparagraph below.