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4. The CONTRACTOR shall use a 180-degree rotating head color camera <br />for pipe sizes 6 inch and larger in diameter. The color camera shall be <br />operative under 100 percent humidity conditions in the sewer. The center <br />of the camera lens shall be at or above the springline of the sewer being <br />televised. The camera and ancillary equipment shall not block the sewage <br />flow at any time. In cases where it will not be possible to remove a <br />trapped camera by excavation of a sewer line, a tag line shall be attached <br />to each end of the camera to allow the camera to be pulled out from either <br />end. If the camera gets stuck in the sewer pipeline, the CONTRACTOR <br />shall be responsible for all costs involved in extracting it, and shall extract <br />the equipment in a timely manner in order to avoid interruption to sewer <br />flow. The CONTRACTOR shall call the Engineering and Construction <br />Department at (650) 780-7397 to notify of the situation. <br />5. Lighting and camera quality shall be suitable to allow a clear in-focus <br />picture for a minimum of six lineal feet of the entire inside periphery of the <br />sewer pipe. The camera shall have a minimum capability of 350 lines of <br />resolution and should be of the "articulating head" type to allow laterals <br />and defects to be viewed directly. To ensure peak picture quality <br />throughout all conditions encountered during the survey, a variable <br />intensity control of the camera lights and remote control adjustments for <br />focus and iris shall be located at the monitoring station. Focal distance <br />shall be adjustable through a range of from six inches to infinity. <br />Continuously displayed on the monitors as part of the video presentation <br />and digital database image capture system shall be the date of the survey, <br />number designation of the upstream and downstream manholes of the <br />section being surveyed, and a continuous forward and reverse read-out of <br />the camera distance from the manhole of reference. <br />6. At the beginning of each manhole the footage counter shall be set at zero <br />to accurately document the distance within the sewer line. <br />7. A primary goal of this inspection program is to accurately determine the quantity <br />and location of the building laterals or side sewers and conditions that appear <br />unusual or uncommon to a good sound sewer. The operating technician shall <br />provide a verbal description and have control of the movement of the television <br />camera at all times. This may be accomplished by means of remote control <br />winches or by telephone or other suitable means of communication between the <br />winches at either end of the manhole section being surve}~ed. The travel speed <br />of the camera shall be uniform and shall not exceed 30 feet per minute or as <br />would result in video that could be comfortably viewed. Any means of propelling <br />the camera through the sewer that would exceed this rate of speed or produce <br />non-uniform or jerky movements will not be acceptable. The operating technician <br />shall at all times be able to move the camera through the line in either direction <br />without loss of quality in the video presentation on the monitor. The picture at all <br />times shall be free of electrical interference and provide a clear, stable image of <br />the resolutions specified. <br />8. If during the inspection operation the television camera cannot pass <br />through the entire sewer section due to an obstruction other than roots or <br />grease, CONTRACTOR shall set up his equipment so that the inspection <br />can be performed from the opposite manhole. If, again, the camera fails <br />PAGE 2 OF 3 <br />