Section 25(c) in General Specification and Conditions of Contract
(c)Watering. - Sufficient number of power, pumps pipe line and house pipes should be arranged by the contractors for supplying water to each and every portion of the bund where earth work is in progress. The earthwork shall be done in six inch layers. After a layer of earth has been rolled and consolidated it shall be thoroughly watered. The next layer shall be evenly laid on it and rolled and consolidated dry. This process shall go on alternately throughout the days. The thorough watering on each consolidated layer will soak down into the soil below and make it stiff like the natural ground. The watering shall also help in making a compact junction between the two layers. Some water will rise from the lower layer into the upper layer by capillary action and the water from the top layer shall soak down into the dry earth below.
