Facilities Design Design Requirements. Upon receipt of a completed Feasibility Study Service Application packet and Feasibility Study Fee, the District shall study the design requirements of the Applicant’s/Assignee’s required facilities before preparing a NSSA in accordance with the following: (A) The District’s consulting engineer may design, or review and approve, plats and plans for all on-site facilities for the Applicant’s/Assignee’s requested service in accordance with the District’s spec

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Facilities Design Design Requirements. Upon receipt of a completed Feasibility Study Service Application packet and Feasibility Study Fee, the District shall study the design requirements of the Applicant’s/Assignee’s required facilities before preparing a NSSA in accordance with the following: (A) The District’s consulting engineer may design, or review and approve, plats and plans for all on-site facilities for the Applicant’s/Assignee’s requested service in accordance with the District’s specifications and any applicable municipal or other governmental codes and specifications. The consulting engineer shall notify the Applicant/Assignee in writing of any necessary changes to Applicant’s/Assignee’s proposed plats and/or plans. Allow a minimum of thirty (30) days for the review process. Any off-site facilities will be designed by the District’s consulting engineer as well as storage facilities, tanks, booster facilities as outlined in the NSSA. (B) The Applicant’s/Assignee’s consulting engineer shall ensure that all on-site facilities to be constructed by the Applicant/Assignee meet the demands for service as requested by the Applicant/Assignee. The District reserves the right to upgrade and/or oversize the planned service facilities to meet future customer demands. The method of compensation is in the sole discretion of the District as outlined in the NSSA. (C) Water and wastewater line size and location will be determined by the District, whose determination is final. (D) All potable water distribution systems including pump stations, mains and both ground and elevated storage tanks, shall be designed, installed, and constructed in accordance with applicable regulatory agency standards and current American Water Works Association (AWWA) standards with reference to materials to be used and construction procedures to be followed. In the absence of AWWA standards, commission review may be based upon standards of the American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM), commercial and other recognized standards utilized by licensed professional engineers. (E) All newly installed pipes and related products must conform to the American National Standards Institute/National Sanitation Foundations (ANSI/NSF) Standard 61 and must be certified by an organization by the ANSI. (F) All plastic pipes for use in public water systems must also bear the National Sanitation Foundation Seal of Approval (NSF-pw) and have an ASTM design pressure rating of at least 150 pounds per square inch (psi) or a standard dimension ratio of 18 or less. (G) Any water line extensions constructed by an Applicant/Assignee shall be constructed completely across (property line to property line) the side of the subdivision or development which is contiguous and adjacent to the road or street on which the main entrance to the project is located. (H) The water system shall be designed to afford effective circulation of water with a minimum of dead ends. All dead-end mains shall be provided with acceptable flush valves and discharge piping, and all temporary dead-ends should have flush valves. The District may permit dead ends, when necessary, as Board Packet 04/23/2026 a stage in the growth of the water system, but they shall be located and arranged to ultimately connect the ends to provide circulation. [30 TAC § 290.44(d)(6)].

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