by Michael Dey | Feb 14, 2018 | Uncategorized
Greenville Water recently adopted a rule that PEX and HDPE pipe must be installed with a tracer wire attached by the manufacturer. Tracer wire attached by anyone other than the manufacturer will not be accepted.
In addition, Greenville Water has announced that repairs to PEX or HDPE pipe may not be made with “SharkBite” push-to-connect fittings. Repairs may only be made using compression fitting as specified by Greenville Water’s Standard Specifications, which can be found at greenvillewater.com.
by ShoesOptional | Jun 4, 2015 | Uncategorized
Attention all HBA of Greenville builder members, there will be a Builder Breakfast on Wednesday, June 17th starting at 7:30 a.m. at Soby’s. This event is sponsored by Piedmont Natural Gas and our featured speakers will be David Bereskin of Greenville Water and Ray Orvin of ReWa.
Don’t miss out on the insider details from this meeting.
Please RSVP by Friday, June 12th by calling the HBA office at 864-254-0133 or emailing HBA of Greenville
We look forward to seeing you there!
by ShoesOptional | Feb 5, 2015 | Uncategorized
Attention all HBA of Greenville builder members, there will be a Builder Breakfast on Thursday, March 12th starting at 7:30 a.m. This event is hosted and sponsored by Jeff Lynch Appliance and T.V Center and our featured speaker will be Buddy Skinner, City of Greenville Codes Officer.
Don’t miss out on the insider details from this meeting.
Please RSVP by Monday, March 9th. by calling the HBA office at 864-254-0133 or emailing Crystal Yanes.
We look forward to seeing you there!
by Michael Dey | Nov 14, 2013 | Uncategorized
The Greenville Water System adopted a new policy on Irrigation Meters that will save home builders installing irrigation systems more than $1,320 per house and homeowners hundreds of dollars a year in sewer treatment fees. The Irrigation Meter Policy was adopted September 10, 2013.
The policy allows builders into install a “Y” fitting at the end of a standard water main tap and install two meters on the tap. Both meters may be installed in a common box. The builder will pay a tap fee of $100, two meter fees totaling, $700, but just one capacity fee of $1,320, rather than two capacity fees. If water service already exists and a second meter is being installed on an existing tap, the meter fee for the second meter is $500, but the capacity fee is waived (the contractor has the option of excavating and back filling the meter location, in which case the meter fee is discounted by $150). Both meters must be installed on the same tap, however. Larger taps will have a different fee structure, but the capacity fee is still waived if both meters are on a common tap.
A condition of the new policy is that the irrigation system must be governed by a weather-based controller tied to a rain sensor.
This policy change is the product of ongoing and regular discussions HBA staff and the Government Affairs Committee are having with Greenville Water System officials. Similar discussion are ongoing with other utilities, municipalities, counties, and school districts. All are the dividend the Home Builders Association produces for its members.
Click here to download the Irrigation Meter Policy and instructions.
by Michael Dey | Jun 13, 2013 | Uncategorized
At its May meeting the Greenville Water Commission restored its previously adopted policy on extending new water lines that had been suspended by CEO David Bereskin. In the same action, however, the commission increase the fee for extending water lines to $30 per linear foot from $20 per foot. Under the policy the commission bears the complete responsibility and cost for extending water lines which can cost upwards of $70 per foot, but average about $36 per foot.
The HBA of Greenville agreed to the fee increase.
The commission and its staff will work with the HBA to develop a new line extension policy. The commission would prefer that developers bear the responsibility and cost for extending water lines. The HBA leans toward maintaining the current policy. “It is always our objective to work with government to solve problems in a manner that produces the best result for all parties,” Michael Dey, Executive Vice President of the HBA of Greenville said. “We will work with the commission to develop a new policy in a manner consistent with our government affairs objectives.”
