Laterals

Our inspector Pat Bucklein is out and about the project daily. As the contractor prepares to install pipe on a street Pat makes every effort to contact homeowners to double check on the location for the service connection lateral. He tells me he is now getting requests for second laterals on some properties. You may want to reinforce the point that asking for a second lateral does not mean a property can automatically divide. Only the County Planning Department can make that determination.

Rob Hungerford, WES

When Can I Hook up?

Regarding the party who is excited to get hooked up. Hook ups will not be allowed until all the pipe downstream of any given point of connection is complete, that statement seems simple enough but, because of the construction schedule the lower sections of pipe (under Johnson Creek and beyond) may not be completed until much later this spring or early summer. Normally we start construction at the lowest point and lay pipe uphill. While we will still be following this method we will be out of order on the sections we construct. This may cause some confusion and angst with people waiting to connect and not understanding why they may have to wait several months to connect although it appears the line in front of their house is finished and ready for service.

Rob Hungerford, WES