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CITY OF RENTON Ι PERMIT SERVICES
CCTV INSPECTION SPECIFICATIONS
1. All newly-installed and newly-rehabilitated (public and private) Sanitary Sewer and Storm Drain main lines
shall be inspected by means of remote CCTV. CCTV inspections and reports shall be submitted to the City of
Renton inspector assigned to the project prior to receiving approval to install project curbs, gutters and/or
pavement.
2. The Contractor shall perform all CCTV inspections in accordance with the National Association of Sewer
Service Companies (NASSCO) Pipeline Assessment Certification Program (PACP).
3. All CCTV operators shall have current NASSCO PACP certification.
4. CCTV inspections shall be recorded in a GraniteNet compatible format database using the latest software
version and submitted with electronic links between the data and the video on an External HDD, DVD or
Flash Drive.
5. All CCTV inspection reports shall be with-in +/- two (2) feet of the measured linear footage between
manholes along the existing pipeline centerline from the start of pipe to end of pipe.
6. All Owner and PACP required header information must be fully and accurately entered on all CCTV reports.
Work not following these specifications will be rejected and the Contractor shall be required to re-CCTV the
work.
7. The documentation of the work shall consist of PACP CCTV Reports, PACP database, logs, electronic
reports, etc. noting important features encountered during the inspection. The speed of travel shall be slow
enough to inspect each pipe joint, tee connection, structural deterioration, infiltration and inflow sources,
and deposits, but should not, at any time, be faster than 30 feet per minute, except as noted otherwise in this
document.
8. The camera must be centered in the pipe to provide accurate distance measurements to provide locations of
features in the sewer and these footage measurements shall be displayed and documented on the video. All
PACP Observations shall be identified by audio and on a PACP log. All video must be continuously metered
from manhole to manhole. All video recording shall be continuous from structure to structure with no
“pausing” of the video recording during each pipeline inspection. The pipe shall be cleaned prior to the CCTV
inspection to ensure all defects, features and observations are seen and logged.
9. Just prior to beginning the CCTV inspection, while the CCTV camera is in place and recording, water
(containing dye) shall be introduced into the upstream manhole of each pipe segment until it is observed and
recorded flowing past the camera’s field of vision in its entirety.
10. The CCTV camera shall have a water-level measuring device (ball, cylinder, etc.) attached that has ¼”
markings to show the depth of water in the pipe during the CCTV inspection.
11. All manholes shall be channeled and coated prior to CCTV inspection.
12. Per City of Renton specification 7-08.3(2)B, sewer and storm drain pipeline shall have no more than ½” of
ponding to be considered acceptable.