637Water

637.1-DESCRIPTION: This work shall consist of furnishing, and applying or incorporating, as the case may be, water required for compacting embankments, for stabilizing soils or other materials, as a dust palliative, or for any other specially designated purpose, in accordance with these Specifications and in accordance with the requirements of the Plans or as directed by the Engineer. 637.2-MATERIALS: Water shall conform to the pertinent requirements set forth in these Specifications for its specific uses or, in the absence of such specific requirements for the designated use, the water shall be suitable for the purpose intended and shall be free of substances which would be deleterious to the work involved. 637.3-CONSTRUCTION METHODS: The equipment to be used with the water operation involved will be approved by the Engineer as adequate and suitable for the purpose intended. Water shall be incorporated in the manner, in the amounts, at the times, and for the purposes prescribed in these Specifications or as directed by the Engineer. 637.4-METHOD OF MEASUREMENT: When the Contract includes a separate item for "Water", it will be measured by the gallon, expressed in thousand-gallon units, and the quantity to be measured for payment will be the amount of water furnished and used for the purposes specifically designated as being included under the pay item. Measurements will be by means of tanks or tank trucks of predetermined capacity or by means of satisfactory and approved meters furnished by the Contractor. Water used by the Contract or for purposes other than those specifically included in the item shall not be paid for separately. When the excavation is less than 10,000 cubic yards and separate payment for water is not included in the plans the water shall be incidental to the work and shall not be paid for separately. 637.5-BASIS OF PAYMENT: The quantity, determined as provided above, will be paid for at the contract unit price bid for the item below which price and payment will be full compens ation for furnishing all the material and doing all the work prescribed in a workmanlike and acceptable manner, including all labor, tools, equipment, supplies, and incidentals necessary to complete the work. 637.6-PAY ITEM: ITEM DESCRIPTION UNIT 637001-* Water For Dust Palliative Thousand Gallon * Sequence number 543