Authority: IC 13-14-8; IC 13-14-9; IC 13-15-1-2; IC 13-15-2-1; IC 13-18-3-1; IC 13-18-4-1

Affected: IC 13-11-2; IC 13-13-5-1; IC 13-18-2

Sec. 17. (a) All water mains and their accessories must be installed and pressure and leak tested in accordance with the applicable provisions of one (1) of the following:

(1) C600-17 AWWA Standard for Installation of Ductile-Iron Mains and Their Appurtenances*.

(2) C602-23 AWWA Standard for Cement-Mortar Lining of Water Pipelines in Place, 4 in (100 mm) and Larger*.

(3) C605-21 AWWA Standard for Underground Installation of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) and Molecularly Oriented Polyvinyl Chloride (PVCO) Pressure Pipe and Fittings*.

(4) C606-22 AWWA Standard for Grooved and Shouldered Joints*.

If an AWWA Standard is not available for the particular installation, the manufacturers recommended installation procedure must be followed.

(b) Continuous and uniform bedding must be provided in the trench for all buried pipe. Backfill material must be tamped in layers around the pipe and to a sufficient height above the pipe to adequately support and protect the pipe. Stones that cannot pass through a U.S. Standard Sieve opening of two (2) inches that are found in the trench within six (6) inches of the outside edge of the pipe must be removed.

(c) All necessary reaction blocking, tie rods, or joints designed to prevent movement for pipes and fittings, regardless of material type, at tees, bends, plugs, and hydrants must be installed to prevent movement in conformance with AWWA Standard C600-17*.

(d) Water mains must be covered with earthen cover in accordance with the following:

Depth of Cover Requirements for Water Mains County Cover (in) Adams 60 Allen 60 Bartholomew 48 Benton 60 Blackford 60 Boone 54 Brown 48 Carroll 60 Cass 60 Clark 36 Clay 54 Clinton 54 Crawford 36 Daviess 48 Dearborn 48 Decatur 48 DeKalb 60 Delaware 60 Dubois 42 Elkhart 60 Fayette 54 Floyd 36 Fountain 60 Franklin 48 Fulton 60 Gibson 42 Grant 60 Greene 54 Hamilton 54 Hancock 54 Harrison 36 Hendricks 54 Henry 54 Howard 60 Huntington 60 Jackson 48 Jasper 60 Jay 60 Jefferson 42 Jennings 48 Johnson 54 Knox 48 Kosciusko 60 LaGrange 60 Lake 60 LaPorte 60 Lawrence 48 Madison 60 Marion 54 Marshall 60 Martin 48 Miami 60 Monroe 48 Montgomery 60 Morgan 48 Newton 60 Noble 60 Ohio 42 Orange 42 Owen 54 Parke 60 Perry 36 Pike 42 Porter 60 Posey 42 Pulaski 60 Putnam 54 Randolph 54 Ripley 48 Rush 54 St. Joseph 60 Scott 36 Shelby 54 Spencer 36 Starke 60 Steuben 60 Sullivan 54 Switzerland 42 Tippecanoe 60 Tipton 60 Union 48 Vanderburgh 36 Vermillion 60 Vigo 60 Wabash 60 Warren 60 Warrick 36 Washington 36 Wayne 54 Wells 60 White 60 Whitley 60

(e) The cover dimension is measured from the top of pipe to the proposed finish grade.

*These documents are incorporated by reference. The version incorporated by reference is the version in effect as of December 31, 2023. Copies may be obtained from the American Water Works Association, 6666 West Quincy Avenue, Denver, CO 80235 or are available for review at the Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Legal Counsel, Indiana Government Center North, Thirteenth Floor, 100 North Senate Avenue, Indianapolis, IN 46204.

(Water Pollution Control Division; 327 IAC 8-3.2-17; filed Mar 31, 1999, 1:50 p.m.: 22 IR 2506; errata filed Aug 30, 1999, 12:06 p.m.: 23 IR 25; readopted filed Jan 10, 2001, 3:23 p.m.: 24 IR 1518; filed Apr 24, 2006, 3:00 p.m.: 29 IR 2956; readopted filed Nov 21, 2007, 1:16 p.m.: 20071219-IR-327070553BFA; readopted filed Jul 29, 2013, 9:21 a.m.: 20130828-IR-327130176BFA; readopted filed Jun 14, 2019, 1:59 p.m.: 20190710-IR-327190246BFA; readopted filed Oct 18, 2024, 1:57 p.m.: 20241113-IR-327230810RFA; filed Nov 24, 2025, 9:07 a.m.: 20251224-IR-327240428FRA)