Precisely, and when the water dept rep showed up, these were his instructions, which they have chosen NOT to follow. The city code states the purveyor has full authority to instruct which device will be acceptable to connect to the main. I'm just going to mention it when they show up to turn...
No instruction has been given from me, however the Water Dept has full authority, written or not to inform of what is going to be required to permanently connect to their water.
They have pre-warned the contractor that if swabbing or no temporary jumper is installed, they will NEVER turn the...
Several municipalities utilize a temporary jumper for the connection from existing main to say in this instance a large private commercial lot.
Contractor of course is trying to save money anyway he can, especially by not building or even reading the plans and details for the project.
My...
