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Compiled By ; Devid Benny, Head Research & Development Krishna Persadsingh, Best Practices Officer —_—_— ees previous similar regulations. The objectives of these codes are firstly to ensure the protection of the health, safety and weli- being of the citizens of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, and secondly, to make the pismbing ile maintaining @ righ requirements of Trinidad and Tobago as uniform as possibi environmental sanitation. These codes were compiled by a coms tee comprising member ‘Authority, as listed below and reviewed by a’committee established by the. Bureau of Standards, whose members are listed bélow. “3008. International Code Councii ENC. 009 National Standard Pla ing Codey 2009. Ptumbing-Heating-Cooling Contract ‘Natibnal Associatioz, 1808. ‘Washington, Fait Church, VA. 2010 Dra New Plumbitig Code Of Trinidad and Tobago, 2010. Board of Engineering Committed Chaired by Dr: Jean Picchioitino and including members from WASA, APETT. TTBS, & TPA’ . List to be expanded as code develops — Any document used will be further citec. Asa result periodic review of this section will be undertaken as the draft code develops | ¢ PREFACE ‘These regulations are made pursuant to the Water and Sewerage Act, 1965 S.66 (7) and replace all ee Code Compilation The contents of this code was compiled by: WaASA “Mr. David Benny- Head Research & Development Mr. Krishna Persadsingh~ Best Practices Officer Code Review Committee (TTBS) ‘Mz. Disk Chin Leung ~— | Chairman . Daryl Thompson. ~~ t Secretary tcl i | | L |. | Contents PREFACE i Chapter! 1 1.0 INTRODUCTORY NOTES 1.1 Validity 1.2 Scope 1.3 Purpose 1.4 Boundari 1.5 Potable Water 1.6 Wastewater 1.7 Exceptions Chapter2 4 2.0 DEFINITIONS 2.1 Accessible ne pfoceee 4.7 Duties of a Sanitary Constructor 4.8 Conduct of Licensed Sanitary Constructors Chapter 5 39 5.0 BASIC PRINCIPLES Chapter6 43 6.0 INSPECTION AND TEST Chapter? 47 7.0 WATER SUPPLY TO FIXTURES Www we 4 t 7.1 WATER SUPPLY TANKS Chapter8 50 8.0 MINIMUM REQUIRED FIXTURES 8.1 Minimum Number of Fixtures. 8.2 Separate Facilities. 8.3 Public Toilet Facilities 8.4 Access to Public Toilet Faciliti 8.5 Location of Public Toilet Facilities. 8.6 Signage Public Toilet Facilities. 8.7 Hot Water Supply System : 8.8 Categories of Water Heaters 8.9 Water Heater with Storage Tank 8.10 Water Heater without Storage Tank (Tank-less) 8.11 General Requirements — Water Heaters 8.12 Phetures and Fixture Fittings Chapter9 70 9.0 SOIL AND WASTE PIPES Chapter 1075 3 16.0 JOINTS AND CONNECTIONS 78 ES INDIRECTION | Chapter 12, . 83., 120 TRAPS” 12.4 Fixture Traps” Chapter 13. 89 13.5 INTERCEPTORS & SEPARATORS 13.1 General ., Chapter 14 92 14.9 SUPPORTS AND HANGERS Chapter 1597 15.9 PIPES IN TRENCHES 15.1 WATER PIPING Chapter i6 99 16.0 MATERIALS 16.1 MATERIALS ~ Water Supply 16.1.2 Quality of Material 16.1.3 Specification for Material 89 89 93 7 97 99 100 100 100 16.1.4 Non-Metallic Pipe 16.1.5 Ferrous Pipe 16.1.6 Non-ferrous Pipe 16.1.7 Identification of Materials 16.1.8 Used Materials 16.2 MATERIALS - Sewerage 16.2.1 Quality of Material 16.2.2 Specification for Material 16.2.3 Non-Metallic Pipe 16.2.4 Ferrous Pipe 16.2.5 Non-Ferrous Pipe 16.2.6 Floor Fianges 16.2.7 Galvanizing 16.2.8 Identification of Material 16.2.9 Used Material a Chapter 17 105 : 17.0 STOPCOCKS AND VALVES 17.1 Specification f6rMaterial 18.2°Venting Required * 183 Mata \ 18.4 Noxious OhExplosi 18.5 Main Vent“: % 18.6 Stack Vents ‘ 187 Vent Terminals 18.8 Distance of Vent ftom Trap 18.9 Dual Vent 18.10 Wet Vent 18,11 Circuit, Loop and Relief Vents 18.12 Sump Vents 18.13 Back Vents 100 100 101 ion 101 102 102 102 302 108 103 103 103 103 104 105 105 105 105 408 108 408 108 109 109) 109 109 un 110 L10 Lil 12 12 | 18.14 Venting of Offsets 112 18.15 Yoke Vents 12 18.16 Vent Headers 112 18.17 Vents Not Required 115 | 18.18 Island Fixture Venting 16 18.19 Air Admittance Valves 7 1 Chapter 19118 19.0 PROTECTION OF POTABLE WATER SUPPLY 8 19.1 General 118 19.2 Backflow 8 19.3 Prevention of Backflow 119 | 19.4 Storage Tank - Drain Lines 121 19.5 Cleansing 121 | 19.6 Non-Potable Supply 121 Chapter 20 122 I! 20.0 SPECIAL DEVICES 122 Chapter21 123 } 123 t 123, { 124 7 125 it 126 vi Chapter 1 1.0 INTRODUCTORY NOTES LA Validity This code remains valid and in force until such time as it is replaced by an updated version, It is the intent of the Weter and Sewerage Ausadlghto update this code every five years from the effective date of this code. cgi the most up to date version of this code is ws of fs tee formation on the most up to date version of this code is available © fi tie ‘Water and $3 verage Authority. We 1.2 Scope 1.3 Purpose The purpose of this code is > firstly to provide minimum standards to safeguard life and limb, health, property and the public welfare by regulating and controlling the design, construction, installation, quality of materials, location, operation, maintenance and use of plumbing equipment and systems. > secondly to make the plumbing requirements of Trinidad and Tobago as uniform as possible while maintaining a high level of environmental sanitation. 1.4 Boundaries This Plumbing Code regulates the installation, alteration and repairs of the plumbing system of buildings which includes the water supply and distribution pipes, plumbing Axtures and traps; soil, waste and vent pipes; building Gains and building sewers; rarces to an approved point including their respective connections, devices and ap} of disposal. L5 Potable Water This code regulates installetiongialerations sacle of the water supply system, water service pipes and water SEER ps. Byer colldGtionSystem*eaists each building must be ae ea ‘connected to such gewer colléction syst i, The limits of this code shall in such Ee en SSB instancestBeztiom thehaiSe'sdanSetion to°the plumbing system of the particular ree ee Where on-lot systems are installed including mechanical secondary treatment and disinfection systems, such mechanical secondary and disinfection systems shali not bbe subject to the requirements of this code but to the requirements of The Code of Practice for the Design and Construction of Water and Wastewater Systems in Trinidad and Tobago, as published by the Water and Sewerage Authority. All water mains, as defined in this code, shall not be subject to the provision of this code but to the requirements of The Code of Practice for the Design and Construction of Water and Wastewater Systems in Trinidad and Tobago, as published by the Water and Sewerage Authority. Chapter 2 2.0 DEFINITIONS 2.1 Accessible and Readily Accessible: iccess thereto without damaging building surfaces, but that first may require Accessibi the removal of an access panel, door or sirailar obstrystions with the use of tools. Readily accessible: access without requiring thi \f tools for removing or moving any panel, door or similar obstruction, 1 Access Cover: A removable plate, sg i screws, 10 permit access to s Of tuspection, repair or cleating. a pipe or pipe fitting for the purposes 2 Acid Waste: See Special We 8 ve me 3° Adapter Fitting: An approvedsconiétting device ilag suitably and properly joins or es ii adjusts pipes and fitings which adipot othe ’ % oh, J he, we Aa bne-way at zero differential pressure (no flow ssures. The purpose of an air admittance valve is%9 provide a methéi f allowing air to enter the plumbing drainage system without the use ofayent! extended i®/ppen air and to prevent sewer gases from escaping into a building appliance, or devié® discharges into a receptor at a point below the flood level rim and above the trap seal of the receptor. 6 Air Chamber: A pressure surge absorbing device operating through the compressibility of air. 7 Air Gap: The unobstructed vertical distance between the outlet of any faucet or pipe and the flood level rim of water supply or receplacle. 45 4o dade Soma 00814 8 Air Gap (drainage system): The unobstructed vertical distance through the fice atmosphere between the outlet of the waste pipe and the flood level rim of the receptor into which it is discharging. 9 Air Gap (water distribution system): The unobstructed vertical distance through the free atmosphere between the lowest opening from any pipe or faucet supplying water to a tank, plumbing fixture or other device and the flood level rim of the receptor. 10 Anchors: See Supports 14 Automatic Fuge ai A ‘Bie —— scaly Bushes « a fixture after each . use wince need fort Paanual asia o ,e8 not receive the discharge from any indirect /sAuxiliary floor drains have no Fixture Units Authority: FREY 1d Sewerage Authority or any other body authorized by the Government to enforce the any part thereot. 16 Backflow: Pressure created by any means in the water distribution system, which by being in excess of the pressure in the water supply mains causes a potential backflow condition 17 Back-Flow means such flow of : © Water from any source other than the public water supply system of potable water or Any solid liquid or gaseous substance, or any combination thereof into a water distribution pipe as may make the water in that pipe non-potable 18 Backflow Connection: Any arrangement whereby backflow can occur. 19 Backflow (drainage): A reversal of flow in the drainage system. 20 Back-Flow Preventer: A device for installation in a water supply pipe to prevent back-flow from the outiet end of the water supply system. 21 Backpressure Backflow: Backflow thro pressure in the non-potable system than as 22 Back-Siphonage: Backflow ngs a cross _connectioxs negative pressure in the potable an in “a non-potablé‘Supply system * 23 Backwater Vatve: A . gles aa pipe to prevent reverse flow in the drainage system. 24 Back Veusgit Ment. 27 Bathrooi, ~—" group of fixtures in a dwelling unit bathroom consisting of one water lod nE"or two lavatories, and either one bathtub, one combination bath/shower of one shower stall. Other fixtures within the bathing facility shall be Counted separately when determining the total water supply and drainage fixture loads for the bathroom group. 28 Battery of Fixtures: Any group of two or more similar adjacent fixtures that discharge into a common horizontal waste or soil branch. 29 Branch: That part of a pipe system which extends from a water distribution pipe, or from a main soil or waste pipe, to one or more fixtures, or the pipe connecting on or more individual vents with the main stack or stack vent. 30 Branch, Fixture: See Fixture Branch 31 Branch, Horizontal: See Horizontal Branch Drain 32 Braneh Interval: Length of soil ot water stacigSapt less than the distance between floors, as permitted by the existing buildin, ;, into which the horizontal branches from one floor or storey of a building are'€pnnected), 33 Branch Vent ; See Vent. Se 34 Building: A structure having walis oie sgof signed and shelter, enclosure, or of persons, a Fox property. ee sony d for the housing, 37 Billing Sub-D ‘That prt of a drainage system which cannot drain by gravity into HE es 38 Building TrappA trap installed in the building to prevent circulation of air between the drainage system inside the building and the building sewer. Prebsdiled = 10 Longe she drainage sy d gan g sewer, bocg placing Saetinca 39 Building Vent: See Vent. 40 By-Pass: Temporary pipe used to replace an appliance (eg, Water meter or heater) or part of the installation 41 Chemical Wast Includes industrial liquid waste, process waste, diluted and undiluted acid waste and corrosive and non-corrosive chemical liquid waste. 42 Circuit Vent: See Circuit Vent. 43 Cistern: A small covered tank for storing water for a home or farm. Generally, this tank stores rainwater to be utilized for purposes other than in the potable water supply, and such tank is placed underground ia most cases, 44 Clean Out: A device that has a ro 2 So constructed that it can be installed in, ne to permit pope cleaning apparatus ssn into lug securely attached to it and is ithe cap or a may be removed 45 Clogging: An obstruction ina ——— intended | oi, 46 Code: The Netional Piffiing Code or tai rt i Combination Fixture: A se and dey a Cota Witee Water a temper : clearance in front of all urinalso,any wail, fxtigQ.of dor. Urinals shall'68-separated from other fixtures by the use of 1200mm from the top of the part of the partition. Urinal pat ions shal Jends to easy cléaiiing. ‘Where urinal tanks of ¢he’chain and pull type are used, a separate tank shall be provided for each urinal. Urinal Flush Valves A flush valve may be of the goose-neck siphon type. A non ~automatic direct flush valve shall not be used to flush more than one urinal. 59 Lavatory basin Lavatory basins shall:- i, be made of vitreous china of smooth vitreous glaze earthenware or of any material having an equally smooth, hard, impervious and corrosion- resistant surface, ii, have a waste pipe not smaller than 32 mm, trade size, and fi, have an overflow, preferably the integrai weir type. Where lavatories include an integral overflow drain, the waste fitting shall be designed and installed so that standing water in the bowl of the Fixture cannot rise the overflow channel when bowl is empty. The overflow shall drain to thé:infet side of the fixture trap. iv be equipped with waste opening with a stiaifier having f not finer than 4 strainer orifice per 25 mm?, and shalf-pave an inside diameter'éf not less than 32 Ippev oF no mm, In employee and public toilet bg ey same room as the required water lage © tres. There shall be at Jeast a 533mm Ay.wall, fixture or door. installed, ‘Sinks Sinks shail be made of vitreous china of smooth vitreous glaze earthenware or of any ‘material having an equally smooth, hard, impervious and cotrosion- resistant surface, A sink, other than a laboratory sink, shall be provided with a waste fitting having a size not less than that of the trap to which it is connected, but is no case less than 40 mm in diameter. 60 No concealed overflow port shall be provided on sinks except those for laboratory purpose. Each compartment in a kitchen sink or bar sink shall have an outlet fitting with crossbars or other provisions for protecting the drain outlet and shall include a means of closing the drain outlet. , ‘nal! * as, Cleaner sinks and mop receptors shall have removaslestrainers and waste outiet waterproof and do not have a smooth, readiigicleanable surface at ie at = of the sink or receptor, at least 300mm on each'sie, andlip ‘o a point 300mim above the faucet height. 4 Dishwashers The water supplyise'dishwishing machines S "a an integral air gajf of other intemal means: dd from back-siphonage by i Biieg residential Ktcle® Gn aid dishwasher may discharge through a 1mm trap. Thedigchargeline from the dishwasher shal be not less than the size recomliided by the disiasher jufactrer [t shall either be looped up and securely fastened 16 theunderside ee counter or be connected to a deck-mounted dishwasher ‘ge shall then be connected to a branch infet wye fitting let and the trap inlet. The discharge may also érain indirectly into a trapped standpipe, or receptor. Commercial dishwashing machines shall be indirectly connected to the drainage system through either an air gap or an air break. When the machine is withia 5 feet developed length of a trapped and vented floor drain, an indirect waste pipe from the dishwasher ‘may be connected to the inlet side of the floor drain trap. 61 Commercial dishwashers shall discharge through a grease interceptor. Laundry Trays Each compartment of a laundry tray shall be provided with a waste outlet a minimum of 38 mm in diameter and a strainer or crossbar to restrict the clear opening of the waste outlet, Laundry trays shall be not less than 12 inches deep with e strainer and waste outlet connection not less than 40mm nominal size. concrete, molded in one piece with gen anders rouitiGa inside and out; and the sides and partitions are not less than 31 saat at top and 32 fis thick at the bottom, and the bottom slab is not less than 32 may Automatic Clothes Washers . The waste from an automatic clot For a shower with i singléshower head, the weste outlet connection shall be not less than 40mm and for #'shiower with multiple shower heads shall be not less than SOmm and have a removable strainer not Jess than 7Smm in diameter with 6mm minimum openings, Where shower compartments have glass enclosures, the compartment shall provide clearance for a 762mm diameter circle with the door closed. 62 The walls in shower compartments shall be constructed of smooth. non-corrosive, non- absorbent waterproof materials that extend to a height of not Jess than 1700mm above the fixture drain. All shower compartments shall have a minimum of 0.6 m* of interior cross-sectional area, The shower compartment access aad egress opening shall-zave « minimum clear and unobstructed finished width of 600mm waterproof materials. Bath Tubs These drain. nid circulation piping sha wea to drain the water in the volute manufac installation itistructions. Where the manufacturer's instructions do not specify the locatisiz and miniznum size offield-fabricated access openings, a 300 mm by i gpening shall be installed to provide access to the circulat 300 mm minimum es pump. Where pumps are located more than 600 mun from the access opening, a 450 mam by 450 mm minimum sized opening shall be instalied. A door or panel shall be pecmittes to close the opening. In all cases, the access opening shall be unobstructed and of the size necessary to permit the removat and repiacement of the cizcviation pump. Drinking Fountains A drinking fountain shall be of such material and design as will ensure that all surfaces which potable water may reach before going into the waste pipe are hard smooth, impervious to water and can be readily cleansed. Drinking Fountains must have an orifice that: (is located above the highest overflow level of the bowl. (ii) is shielded so that a person cannot put his lips on the orifice and Gii)directs the water at an angle of approximately 45 degeéé'upwards from horizontal; (©) be equipped with readily accessible means for regula af the Qow of water. Drinking fountains or water coolers shall not:be-iocated in publ ee ee Se ee, - comttion laundry aren buildings having two or more dwelling units. A floor drain shall Be b@gstlered a fixture and shall have a trap and vent. Floor drains shall be not less than 50mm. Floor drains shall have a water seal of not less than 50mm and shall be fitted with a removable strainer. ‘The free open area of strainers shall be a least 26 of the cross-sectional area of the drain outlet size. 64 Where infrequently used floor drains are subject to evaporation of their trap seals, they shall either be provided with a 10mm deep trap seal, or be fed from an automatic trap priming device. ‘Where traps are automatically primed, the priming connection shall be above the weir of the trap, Used plumbing Fixtures (1) A used plumbing fixture shall not be reinstalled in adiew location unless itis found to conform in all respects to TTBS standards, andiio"e in satisfactory physical and Sibi a the olfer ofthe building in which sanitary condition, and then only on written conseni a it is to be installed. bore originally installed shall be plainly labeléd used fixture’ Faivery to the othe premises, and such label shall be manta “ai gfterinstlltion and final inspection and approval by the Water and Sewerage’Autho Fixture Strainers A fixture, other than a water closet, full flush urinal. clinical service sink, bed pan washer or similar fixture, shall be provided with « strong metaihc or porcelain strainer of approved design. 65 No | Occupancy Description Bath / Other Type Shower Lo Remae | | 1 ‘Theatres, and other types of Al | buildings performing arts 200 1/500 NA and mot ictures usually with | xed se || Dance Halls, Night Clubs and for’ ~~ | PSewvice sink A2 | other similar purposes NA | perfloor. NA | 1 Service sink | A3 per floor. | I | i 2 fn — = ; z AS NA] 1Sevice sink | 2 per floor. L. ~ — woo | wa | 1 Service sink As per floor — f—- jee aa 100] 1 per 25 | 1 Services sink As Persons | per Noor | Lt Br nhc tt 66 No | Occupancy | Type Business 3s for the Wansaction of Water Closets | Deseription epee onze) DU Bath / Female | Fountain Shower professional services | 1/40 | 140 | wag) 100 NA Education =| per floor | Service sink 1 Service sink: per floor mo | 40 tsenvesine | peter | £7 | Boarding | Residence ims | inoo | 20+ | IM/IF 1 Service sink | per floor | a0 IMF 1s Mis ws ans | per floor 1 avis | Service sink | per floor ar Shower per 40 Stude le Shower per 40 Stu part thereof is to be provided when PE Classes are conducted. of part thereof is to be provided when PE: Classes or Technical/Vacational courses are conducted 67 Se ‘Water Closets “Lavatories No | Occupancy | Classit- Description a — Bath / Other Type | ication Male [Female Female Shower “| = |__| Stricture in which occupants ae ~~ al ees bee | BLE F Jengaged in work fabricating, | 1/40 a0 1/50 ¥200 | 2/100" | 1 Service sink $23 assembly or processing of IMI1F | per floor | ace products or materials, 3 - bh — ss H1| Residential Patient Care wo 1 Service sink per floor Hospital Patient 1 Service sink per floor 12 | Hospital Employee UService sink | per floor 2 1 Service sink 3 per floor 1 Service sink per floor 13 1 Service sink per floor | s i loyees + Vas NA 1s 100 | NA | t Service sink : per floor a at te | ee ‘1 Male & 1 Female Shower per 100 employees or par theiGofis to be provided 68 ‘Water Giosels™ ‘ale Female Fountain Shower ™ [heen Drinking Bat NA 1 per Other 1 Service sink per floor 1 Service sink per oor Ukitehen Residential 1 Service sink per floor 1 Service sink per floor 1/100 r ini000 wrio0 | 1 Service sink | | | seve LL. per floor 69 | Chapter 9 9.0 SOIL AND WASTE PIPES Materials ; (1) Soil and waste pipes within a building shall be of appropriate PVC . galvanized iron, galvanized steel, brass, copper and plastic. The pipe and fittings for each type of material shall comply with the specification set out in Section 3. 1.2." /6, j.3 (2) Underground piping within buildings,.when underground, shall be of appropriate PVC soil pipe or of othet-iiterial to be approved by the Water and Sewerage Authority. For buildings under two stories in height, the pipe may be of standaird"weight, For building two stories or ‘more in height, the pipe shall:be of extra‘heavy weight, Building Sewer Pipe lf subdengdvaim ge ts Building sewer pipe shall jot a miniqum sie, still be 100 mm in I diameter. ue d Se, Multiple Sewers and Drainage Systems “inl ae (@) No sanitary S2Weshali pass iby building other than the building it serves, and theplugibing system @fievery building or premises shall be separate fromisand independent of that of every other building or premises as far as'the street on property life 4 Bako ‘AV Aslope of fot less thatBitim per 3 m shall be provided for = (@);a fetus vaste pipe OF Fatare drain; Siope of Pipe i jer than 80 mm in diameter. (2YA.Bosizontal dain pipe laiger than 80 mm in diameter shall have a slope of OEless thai. 9.mm per 3 m. (3) Subject to sub-Fegilation (4) a building drain or building sewer shall have a slope not les than that prescribed for waste and drainpipes in fs, sub-regufations (1) and (2), (j'Sifhere conditions do not permit a building sewer or building drain to 'taye,the Slope prescribed in paragraph (2), it may have a lesser slope but Velocity of flow of the liquid shall not be less than §m per second, O-bin Fixtere Units (1) A fixture itemized in Table 3.3.5 (1) shall be considered to produce a hydraulic load equal to the number of fixture units specified and this Table shall be used in estimating the total load carried by soil or waste pipes. 70 nit values Table 9.0 Sanitary Drainage (ixture w f Fixture or group ; a Residential | carseat ahs washer domes | oso | Bathroom group consisting of a water closct, lavatory and bathroom or =| | fone ! eho ae cst Tunksypecloe | | Bathtub (with or without overhead shower) i Bidet t | Dita deme ! Reo Foeranis Food-waste grinder, comestio Kitchen sink, domestic | Kitchen sink domestic, wih dishwasher | Kitchen sink domestic, with Tood-waste grinder Kitchen sink domestic, with dishwasher and food.vail binder Kitchen sink and wash (loundry) tray with single 38:8 trap Kitchen sink and wash (laundry) way with scparate 38 gm traps Kitchen sink and wash (laundry) tay with food-waste gree Lavatory, common | Kaundy tray 1 or2 compartments). | Shower stall, single head s | Sink, bor, private Water cose, ank-type, tap arm only Urinal, pede, —_, Urinal, stl, noi es “Urinal, wall (5.0 cman, waste)! oil solid | ee Si ow (Estar, multiple [Sige pes low enna marae cial 3 | Receptors, indies = receptor commercial sinks, dishwashers, ! i | browses ' i { Sink; commercial, with fOa8waste grinder | Sink, commercial (pot, seulery oF similar ype; £ Sink (fushing-rim type. lush valve supplied) {Sink (service type wnh trap standard) Sink (service with Petrop) ‘Washing machines, commercial | iodiea': Dental unit or euspédor Dental lavatory Lavatory (surgeon's, barber shop, beauly parlour) | Sink (surgeon's) Miseelan | Drinking fountain | Mobile-nome-park traps (one foreach teller) “Trap sae 32 mm or less “| rap Size [Fixture unit 6 2 a é { Finture or group Trap Size | Fixture units [Tapia : 35 7] | trap sie 30 men 50 3 ‘Trap size 65 mm 6.25 { 4 f | Trap size 80 nm P | ase | os | to é | Trap size 100 mm L } (2) A fixture not itemized in Table 3.3.5(1) and having a waste pipe or trap itemized in Table 3.3.5(2) shall be considered to produce a hydraulic load equal to the number of fixture units prescribed therein. (3) The maximum number of fixture units that may be connected to a given size of horizontal or vertical waste i pipe or drain shall comply with Table 6 or 7, which ever one is licable, provided however that no water closet shall be co! pipe of less than 80 mm diameter. . (4) A pump, ejector, or othetde liquids, or water borne wastes, is be deemed to produce pet minute of flow. 2 Table 9.1 Maximum allowable number of focture units (other than building drains and sewers, Gingle Stack System excluded) 1 horizontal fcture branches and stacks @) ( agit, | eae Fable 952 datimiste allowable hye . See, a Se - Size of Drainor = Maximum Hydraulic Load, Fixture Units 1 Sewer, mm “C2, { g Slo | | | eee Vin 400 T ietz00 Tih 133 Tinlo0_ 1 1im50_y 1in2s Se | it 7 7 80 ee | - to. ! vn | wy 100 | ee ee 17 | } 380 | 390 480 | 70 150 | ; 00 $700 | 840 ; 200 i j bao | 1500 fj 1600 2250 | 250 = | 2500 7 2700} 3000; 4500 | \ 300 2240 | 3900 | 4500, «5400 | 8300 | I 380) [4x | 7 duu 9 300 10400, 16300 Future Fixtures Columa 1 | Columa2 [ Column 3 [Column | Column 5 I Column 6 1 1 Maximum ttl oe in fre units | TlemWo. [ Diameter | Forhorzontal | Forstack not | Forstack exceeding 3 branch intervals or | ofbranch | fixture branch | exceeding 3 store or stack ay branch intervals Total load Total load foreach | pipe or storeys for stack | branch interval storey | Lin mm I } toa 3 | t { 2 a | 3 | 3 50 { 6 4 | 6 2 | 5 30 30) | 6 roo | 160 | 7 127 360 | | g 150 j $1 8 | 10 250 i 300 | 2 380 i 0) Q) When provision is made for the future installation of fixtures, those to be provided for, shall be included in calculating the required sizes of drain pipes. Construction to provide for such future installation shail be terminated with a plugged fitting or fittings and shall be vented as required in Section 3.3.6. 73

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