5990802155 | AEROBIC | Living with air | 0 | |
5990802652 | ABSORPTION | This term applies to immersion in a fluid for a definite period of time. It is usually expressed as a percent of the weight of the dry pipe | 1 | |
5990803025 | ANAEROBIC | Living without air. | 2 | |
5990803173 | ANCHOR | Is usually pieces of metal used to fasten or secure pipes to the building or structure. | 3 | |
5990803640 | BACK FILL | That portion of the trench excavation which is replaced after the sewer line has been laid. The material above the pipe up to the original earth line. | 4 | |
5990804544 | BACKFLOW | The flow of water or other liquids, mixture or substances into the distribution pipe of a potable supply of water from any source other than that intended. POSITIVE. | 5 | |
5990805082 | BACKFLOW PREVENTER | A device or assembly designed to prevent backflow into the potable water system | 6 | |
5990805739 | BACK SIPHONAGE / SIPHONAGE | A term applied to the flow of used water, wastes and/or contamination into the potable water supply piping, due to vacuums being established in the distribution system, building service, water main or parts thereof. NEGATIVE. | 7 | |
5990806339 | BASE | The lowest portion or lowest point of a stack of vertical pipe | 8 | |
5990807273 | BRANCH | Any part of the piping system other than a main riser, or stack. | 9 | |
5990807951 | CAST IRON SOIL PIPE | The preferred material for drain, waste, vent, and sewer systems | 10 | |
5990809103 | CAULKING | A method of sealing against water or gas by means of pliable substances such as lead and oakum, etc | 11 | |
5990811207 | CLARIFIED SEWAGE | A term used for sewage from which suspended matter has been removed. | 12 | |
5990811968 | COLIFORM GROUP OF BACTERIA | Organisms considered in the coili aerogenes group as set forth in the American Water Works Association and the American Public Health Association literature. | 13 | |
5990812406 | COMPRESSION | Stress which resists the tendency of two forces acting toward each other | 14 | |
5990813302 | CONDUCTOR | That part of the vertical piping which carries the water from the roof to the storm drain, which starts either 6" above grade if outside the building, or at the roof sump or gutter if inside the building. | 15 | |
5990815739 | CROSS CONNECTION | Any physical connection between a city water supply and any waste pipe, soil pipe, sewer, drain, or any private or uncertified water supply. Any potable water supply outlet which is submerged or can be submerged in waste water and/or any other source of contamination. | 16 | |
5990818371 | CRUDE OR RAW SEWAGE | Untreated sewage | 17 | |
5990823257 | DEAD END | A branch leading from any soil, waste or vent pipe, building drain, or building sewer, which is terminated at a distance of two (2) feet or more by means of a cap, plug or other fitting not used for admitting water or air to the pipe, except branches serving as cleanout extensions | 18 | |
5990824155 | DEVELOPED LENGTHS | Length measured along the center line of the pipe and fittings | 19 | |
5990825528 | DIAMETER | A straight line that passes through the center of a circle and divides it in half | 20 | |
5990826160 | DIGESTER AND DIGESTION | That portion of the sewage treatment process where biochemi- cal decomposition of organic matter takes place, resulting in the formation of simple organic and mineral substances | 21 | |
5990848019 | DOMESTIC SEWAGE | Sewage originating principally from dwellings, business buildings, institutions and usually not containing storm water. In some localities it may include industrial wastes and rain water from combination sewers | 22 | |
5990849391 | DRAIN | Any pipe which carries waste water or water-borne wastes in a building drainage system. | 23 | |
5990858290 | DRAIN, BUILDING OR HOUSE | That part of the lowest horizontal piping of a building drainage system which receives and conveys the discharge from soil, waste and drainage pipes, other than storm drains, from within the walls or footings of any building to the building sewer | 24 | |
5990859056 | DRAINS, COMBINED | That portion of the drainage system within a building which carries storm water and sanitary sewage | 25 | |
5990860677 | DRAINS, STORM | Piping and its branches which convey sub-soil and/or surface water from areas, courts, roofs or yards to the building or storm sewer | 26 | |
5990862023 | DRAINS, SUBSOIL | That part of the drainage system which conveys the subsoil, ground or seepage water from the footings of walls, or from under buildings, to the building drain, storm water drain or building sewer. | 27 | |
5990862457 | DRY WEATHER FLOW | Sewage collected during the dry weather which contains little or no ground water and no storm water | 28 |
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