Specifications include, but are not limited to: Sampling Stations shall be 2' bury, with a 3/4" FIP inlet, and 7/16" unthreaded blow off and sampling bibb. Sampling Stations shall be enclosed in a lockable, powder-coated aluminum box with hinged openings. Sample Stations’ powder coating shall be colored safety blue. Sampling Stations shall require no key for operation. Sampling Stations shall pass all water through an all-surgical stainless steel waterway. Sampling Stations’ seat rubber and all operational components shall be serviceable/replaceable from above ground with no digging or excavation needed. Sampling Stations shall have a secondary valve (stainless steel petcock), which shall be located on the evacuation line, independent of the sampling bibb, and when open shall allow for evacuation of any water remaining inside the station, via pump or compressed air blow off, to prevent freezing. Sampling Stations shall have the City of Alamogordo’s Utilities Department logo cast into the front door. Sampling Stations shall be model #88-SS as manufactured by The Kupferle Foundry, St. Louis MO. 63102 or approved equal.
