Water & Sewer project locations are typically initiated in our Planning and Research unit, where water main break histories and sewer examination reports are evaluated. Locations are then grouped together, where appropriate, into contract packages and forwarded to the Design Branch.
When received by the Design Branch these packages are given a work number (contract number). For locations which require no sewer work, a water work number will be assigned in the W-20000-D series. For a contract which includes sewer work, a number will be assigned in the S-40000-RD series. The prefix signifies whether it is a water only contract (W) or a contract containing sewer work, with or without water work, (S). The suffixes have the following meanings: test change 1
Suffix
Definition
A
Sewer for New Development (Assessable or Private Cost)
B
Sewer to Relieve Unsanitary Conditions (Assessable or Private Cost)
C
Water Main Construction (Assessable or Private Cost)
D
Distribution System Rehabilitation
E
Eastwick Urban Renewal (Obsolete)
F
Storm Flood Relief Sewer
G
Green Infrastructure
H
High Pressure System Rehabilitation (Obsolete)
I
Sewer and/or Water for Industrial Development
M
Reinforcing Mains
O
Water or Sewer Operations
P
Pattison Ave Food Center (Obsolete)
R
Reconstruction of Existing Sewer
S
Swanson St. Pump Station (Obsolete)
X
Contracts including Streets Department Paving Items
Y
Sewer Maintenance Yard (Obsolete)
Work numbers will be assigned only by the Design Branch front office staff but will be provided to Consultants when they are assigned a project.
Work numbers should be used on all correspondence or other material related to that particular project or contract.
B. Service Information
Once the work number is assigned, the service information is obtained for contracts with water main relay work. The service list is obtained from our billing records, and not from an actual field survey. These records are based on billing addresses; therefore the actual location of the service pipe shall be verified in the field by the designer. Additional service information, if required, may be requested from the Customer Service Unit at 29th and Cambria Sts.
For projects done by consultants, the service lists from our billing records will be ordered by the Water Department and forwarded to the consultant.
C. Utility Information
Design PA One Call
The Engineering of Record shall ensure that they have access to the PA One Call system.
A Design PA One Call request must be made for all locations within the project scope.
For In-House Projects, once the work number is assigned, the front office staff orders the utility information using the “one call” system. In addition, the City Plan and Highway Supervisor’s plans are obtained from the Streets Department. All the utility information is compiled into “utility bags”. Upon receipt of all the requested information the “utility bag” is forwarded to the Drafting and Technical Pool to begin the base plan(s).
For projects done by consultants all this information will be ordered and obtained by the consultant.
The City Plan contains the official curbline and houseline footprint of a given location. This will be used as the footprint of the base plan and confirmed during the field visit.
The utility information obtained from the individual utilities shall be placed on the base plan. The Highway Supervisor’s plan should not be used for that purpose, but rather as supplementary information.