OkmulgeeCounty Rural Water District #7
14195 Dentonville Road, Okmulgee, OK 74447
Phone: 918-756-1721 EEO Fax: 918-756-1738
TDD#711
WATER APPLICATION
FOR
SERVICE MEMBERSHIP
PROCEDURES FOR WATER TAP INSTALLATION
1.)Application and $1500.00 membership fee.**NON-REFUNDABLE** Water tap goes with the property.
2.)If water line is not on your property and a road cut
(approx. $300.00) or road bore (approx. $2500.00) has to be done, to supply you with water, the expense will be yours. **Asphalt and Cement roads have to be bored.**
Approval by permit from county commissioners of the District for the road cut or Bore.
3.) Utility easement if needed.
4.)Prior to installation of meter, we must have a copy of the approved septic system papers from DEQ under no circumstances will water be hooked up to residence without approved papers from DEQ. If installing construction or pasture tap you must sign an agreement of non-connection to residence until approved DEQ paperwork is turned in to us.
We have to have an approval by the DEQ before water service can be activated.
5.)Only one residence or business per water tap.
6.)Line extensions will be a board decision.
*****Board meetings are held the seconded Tuesday of each month, please call a week in advance to be placed on the agenda for the next board meeting.*****
OkmulgeeCounty Rural Water District #7
14195 Dentonville Road, Okmulgee, OK 74447
Phone: 918-756-1721 EEO Fax: 918-756-1738
TDD #711
DEAR APPLICANT:
PLEASE FIND ATTACHED AN APPLICATION FOR WATER SERVICE MEMBERSHIP WITH RURAL WATER DISTRICT #7. THE COST OF MEMBERSHIP IS $1500.00 AND YOUR PAYMENT OF THIS AMOUNT MUST ACCOMPANY THIS APPLICATION WHEN RETURNED TO OUR OFFICE. PLEASE COMPLETE THE APPLICATION IN ITS ENTIRETY. AFTER IT HAS BEEN VERIFIED THAT YOU’RE PROPERTY CAN BE SERVED, AT THE NEXT MONTHLY BOARD OF DIRECTORS’ MEETING YOUR APPLICATION WILL BE PRESENTED TO THE BOARD FOR APPROVAL. (MONTHLY MEETINGS ARE THE 2ND TUESDAY OF THE MONTH) AFTER THE BOARD APPROVAL, YOUR MEMBERSHIP FEE WILL BE DEPOSITED. WHEN YOUR SEPTIC SYSTEM IS INSTALLED, WE MUST HAVE THE APPROVAL PAPERS FOR THE SYSTEM FROM DEQ, BEFORE THE METER CAN BE INSTALLED. THE OWNER OF THE SYSTEM SHALL INFORM THE WATER DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE COMPLETION OF THE PROJECT SO THAT A FINAL INSPECTION CAN BE MADE BY THE DEPARTMENT.
ANY LINE EXTENSION OR ROAD CROSSING NECESSARY TO BRING OUR MAIN LINE TO YOUR PROPERTY WILL ALSO BE YOUR EXPENSE. THE APPLICANT WILL BE REQUIRED TO PAY ANY NECESSARY ENGINEERING FEES. YOURAPPLICATION WILL BE REVIEWED AND YOU WILL BE ADVISED IF AN EXTENSION IS NECESSARY. IF THE WATER DISTRICT DOES NOT ALREADY HAVE A UTILITY EASEMENT ALONG THE ROADWAY FRONTAGE OF YOUR PROPERTY, THIS WILL BE REQUIRED PRIOR TO METER INSTALLATION.
FROM TIME TO TIME IT IS NECESSARY TO HAVE THE WATER OFF FOR REPAIR OF A LINE OR TAPPING INTO A NEW LINE. IT IS OUR SUGGESTION THAT A CHECK VALVE BE PLACED ON YOUR LINE IN ORDER TO HOLD THE WATER IN YOUR LINE AND HOT WATER TANK TO AVOID ANY DAMAGE TO YOUR APPLIANCES DUE TO INTERRUPTION OF WATER SERVICE. WE RUN PRESSURE FROM 25 POUNDS TO 180 POUNDS THROUGH OUR WATERLINES AND IN SOME AREAS IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THE WATER USER TO HAVE PRESSURE REDUCING VALVE (REGULATOR) PLACED BETWEEN THE METER AND THE HOUSE TO PREVENT DAMAGE TO THE PIPES AND OVER USAGE OF WATER. WE ALSO RECOMMEND AN OPERATIVE PRESSURE RELIEF VALVE BE INSTALLED ON YOUR HOT WATER TANK. WITHOUT THIS VALVE, AN EXPLOSION COULD OCCUR IF THE TANK MALFUNCTIONED.
PLEASE NOTIFY OUR OFFICE IF YOU HAVE A CHANGE OF ADDRESS.
ACCORDING TO OUR BY-LAWS, THERE IS TO BE ONLYONE RESIDENCE OR ONE BUSINESS PER WATER TAP MEMBERSHIP. IF YOU SELL YOUR PROPERTY, PLEASE CONTACT OUR OFFICE. IF YOU SHOULD HAVE FURTHER QUESTIONS REGARDING THE APPLICATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT OUR OFFICE MONDAY THROUGH FRIDAY, FROM 8:00 A.M. UNTIL 4:30P.M.
I______HAVE READ THIS LETTERFOROKMULGEECOUNTY RURAL WATER DISTRICT #7 WATER TAP APPLICATION ON
______DAY OF ______20___, AND HERE BY AGREE WITH THESE RULES.
OkmulgeeCounty Rural Water District #7
14195 Dentonville Road, Okmulgee, OK 74447
Phone: 918-756-1721 EEO Fax: 918-756-1738
TDD #711
APPLICATION FOR WATER TAP
Name: ______
Address: ______City: ______
State: ______Zip: ______Telephone: ______
Make application to the Rural Water District #7 for the installation of meter and rural water service at the following location:
Legal Description: ______
______
911 Address (If different from mailing address): ______
______
I understand that before the meter can be installed I will have a permit from the Department of Environmental Quality.
The water tap fee of $1500.00 per meter is attached and I would like to have the meter installed by date ______, if possible. I understand this fee is a benefit unit and is considered a NON-REFUNDABLE membership fee. You will have up to 6 months to have the meter installed or your money refunded. After 6 months the minimum charge of $19.00 per month will be billed, even if the meter is not installed. The by-laws require one meter or benefit unit per family dwelling and the meter goes with the land, should the land change ownership.
I understand that this is an application only and does not obligate the Water District to provide me with water unless approved by them. Also that all expenses incurred in extending the line will be paid by the user or applicant.
Landowner Signature: ______
PERCOLATION TESTS IN OKMULGEE COUNTY
THE FOLLOWING LIST IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS LICENSED TO PERFORM PERCOLATION TEST IN OKMULGEECOUNTY. THIS IS JUST A LIST WHICH HAS BEEN GENERATED TO ASSIST LANDOWNERS/HOMEOWNERS IN LOCATING THOSE PERSONS WHO PERFORM PERCOLATION TEST LOCALLY. IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT OKLAHOMA ADMINISTRATIVE CODE (OAC) TITLE 252 CHAPTER 641 3-1:B STATES THAT “PERCOLATION TEST MUST BE PERFORMED BY A REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENGINEER (RPE), REGISTERED LAND SURVEYOR (RLS), REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL SANITARIAN (RPS) OR REGISTERED PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENTAL SPECIALIST (RPES) LICENSED TO PRACTICE IN OKLAHOMA”. THE FOLLOWING IS A LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHO MEET ONE OR MORE OF THESE QUALIFICATIONS. PLEASE REMEMBER, HOWEVER, THAT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF INDIVIDUALS ACROSS THE STATE WHO ARE QUALIFIED TO PERFORM PERCOLATION TEST AND NOT LISTED BELOW.
SEPTIC INSTALLERSFOROKMULGEECOUNTY
THE FOLLOWING LIST IS NOT A COMPLETE LIST OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS CAPABLE OF INSTALLING ONSITE SEWAGE DISPOSAL SYSTEMS IN OKMULGEECOUNTY. THIS IS JUST A LIST WHICH HAS BEEN GENERATED TO ASSIST HOMEOWNERS IN LOCATING THOSE PERSONS WHO INSTALL SYSTEMS LOCALLY. SOME INSTALLERS ARE STATE CERTIFIED AND BONDED ALLOWING THEM TO INSPECT THEIR OWN INSTALLATIONS. THE FOLLOWING LIST EXPLAINS THE CERTIFICATION AND ALSO INDICATES THE KNOWN SYSTEMS THAT THESE PERSONS HAVE INSTALLED IN OKMULGEECOUNTY.
**CLASS A---MAY SELF INSPECT SUBSURFACE ABSORPTION SYSTEMS, ET/A SYSTEMS, LAGOONS, LIFT STATIONS AND AEROBIC SYSTEMS.
**CLASS B---MAY SELF INSPECT SUBSURFACE ABSORPTION SYSTEMS, ET/A SYSTEMS, LAGOONS, AND LIFT STATIONS.
**CLASS C---MAY ONLY SELF INSPECT LIFT STATIONS AND SUBSURFACE ABSORPTION SYSTEMS EXCLUDING ET/A SYSTEMS.
**---CAN ONLY SELF INSPECT SYSTEMS THEY INSTALL. ALL OTHERS, INCLUDING ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS, MUST BE INSPECTIED BY THE LOCAL DEQ OFFICE.
TYPES OF SYSTEMS:P---PERFORATED PIPE AND MEDIA
C---CHAMBERS
L---LAGOONS
ET/A---EVAPOTRANSPIRATION/ABSORPTION
A---AEROBIC
CW---CONSTRUCTED WETLANDS
O---OTHER ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS
“This institution is an equal opportunity provider, and employer.”