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1. SCOPE
The work shall consist of furnishing, transporting, measuring, and applying water as specified.
2. FACILITIES AND EQUIPMENT
The Contractor shall install and maintain access and haul roads and furnish, operate, and maintain all pumps, meters, piping, tanks, storage and other facilities required to load, transport, store, distribute, and use construction water as specified.
These facilities shall be equipped with accurate, work dedicated meters, tanks of known volume, or other devices that will provide a correct measurement of water supplied. Meters shall be installed at the point of delivery into water hauling equipment or application system; such as, sprinkler systems, flooding systems, etc., as specified.
3. DUST ABATEMENT AND HAUL ROAD MAINTENANCE
Water for dust abatement and haul road maintenance shall be applied to haul roads and other dust producing areas as needed to prevent air pollution or excessive dust, which causes impaired vision on trafficked roads and in work areas, and to maintain the roads in good condition for safe and efficient operation during periods of use. Roads that may be jointly used with the public and by the Contractor's equipment, shall have dust abatement provisions acceptable to the public entity that has road maintenance responsibility. Compensation for water used for dust abatement and haul road maintenance shall be as specified in Section 8 of this specification.
4. EARTHFILL, DRAINFILL, AND ROCKFILL
Water required for proper installation of earthfill, drainfill, and/or rockfill shall be utilized in the fill materials as specified in the applicable construction specifications. Compensation for construction water used for earthfill, drainfill and/or rockfill shall be as specified in Section 8 of this specification.
5. CONCRETE, MORTAR, AND GROUT
Water required in the mixing or curing of concrete, shotcrete, roller compacted concrete, or other portland cement mortar or grout shall meet the requirements of the applicable construction specifications and shall be used in conformance with those specifications. Payment for construction water used in these items is covered by the applicable concrete, mortar, and/or grout specifications.
6. OTHER CONSTRUCTION REQUIRING WATER
Water required and used for other construction activities under this contract but not specifically covered by this specification shall be considered subsidiary to the item(s) of work which requires its use.
7. MEASUREMENT AND PAYMENT
Method 1 For water items for which specific unit prices are established in the contract, the volume of water furnished and utilized in accordance with the specifications will be measured to the nearest 1,000 gallons.
Payment for water will be made at the contract unit price. Such payment will constitute full compensation for the direct costs of water. All other costs necessary for applying water are subsidiary to the items of work they are associated.
Method 2 For water items for which specific unit prices are established in the contract, the volume of water furnished and utilized in accordance with the specifications will be measured to the nearest 1,000 gallons.
Payment for water and the cost associated with transportation, distribution and application will be made at the contract unit price. Such payment will constitute full compensation for completion of the work.
Method 3 For water items for which specific unit prices are established in the contract, the volume of water utilized in accordance with the specifications will be measured to the nearest 1,000 gallons.
Payment for water will be made at the contract unit price. Such payment, excluding water cost, will constitute full compensation for completion of the work.
All Methods The following provisions apply to all methods of measurement and payment:
a. The measurement for payment will include all water utilized, except as noted in Sections 5, 6, and 8 of this specification. Measurement for payment will not include water that is utilized inappropriately or excessive to need.
b. Compensation for any item of work described in the contract but not listed in the bid schedule will be included in the payment for the item of work to which it is made subsidiary. Such items and the items to which they are made subsidiary are identified in Section 8 of this specification.