2013 Water System Plan, Volume II - Seattle City Clerk's Office - City ...

Chapter 5 Water Infrastructure
Term
guidelines
O&M
resistivity
standards
Water Quality
Definition
projects.
Advice for preparing an engineering design. Design guidelines document suggested minimum
requirements and analysis of design elements in order to produce a coordinated set of design
drawings, specifications, or life-cycle cost estimates. Guidelines answer what, why, when and
how to apply design standards and the level of quality assurance required.
Generic term for SPU staff responsible for Field Operations and Maintenance.
The resistance of an environment (either water or soil) to promote electrical current flow.
Drawings, technical or material specifications, and minimum requirements needed to design a
particular improvement. A design standard is adopted by the department and generally meets
the functional and operational requirements at the lowest life-cycle cost. It serves as a
reference for evaluating proposals from developers and contractors:
For a standard, the word must refers to a mandatory requirement. The word should is used
to denote a flexible requirement that is mandatory only under certain conditions.
A section within SPU that takes water samples and performs drinking water quality tests on
new and existing water mains and inspects construction projects to assure pipe work is kept
clean.
SPU Design Standards and Guidelines
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