4-2 Public Sewer Line

The Public Sewer Line is classified into three types according to the kind of
waste it disposes.

1. The Combination Public Sewer is the oldest type of public sewer that
conveys both storm water and sanitary wastes.

2. The Sanitary Sewer is a public sewer facility that carries regular sanitary
wastes only.

The Sanitary Sewer is classified into two types:

a. The Intercepting Sewer is a sanitary sewer that conveys sanitary
waste to a dispersal plant. It is commonly made of concrete pipe
that varies in sizes from 0.60 to 3.00 meters in diameter. The pipes
are laid underground to a minimum depth of about 3 meters.
 b. The Tributary Sewer is classified as an intercepting sewer branch.
The pipe is made of either vitrified clay of concrete pipe laid in an
open trench. It is generally smaller in diameter installed not more
than 3 meters below the street grade and terminate into the
intercepting sewer.

3. The Storm Drain is another kind of public sewer line terminates in a natural
drain such as canals, lakes or rivers.
 Manhole is classified as a device of the main and storm sewer. It serves as
man's access for inspection, cleaning and repair. It is constructed out of bricks,
stone, adobe or concrete at an interval distance from 75 to 150 meters. The
manhole diameter varies from 90 to 120 centimeters provided with iron rungs to
serve as ladder for the maintenance crew to reach the bottom. It is provided with
a well-fitted cover on top, leveled with the road surface.

The Materials required for the public sewer line could be determined under
the following procedures:

1. From the plan of the public sewer line, find the net distance between
manholes to be laid with concrete pipes. Total distance minus the space
area occupied by the manhole.
2. The net distance found divided by the length of one pipe at 1.00 meter
long regardless of its diameter.
3. Subtract 3% to 4% from the obtained number of pipes in order to get
the exact number required.
 As shown in the figure, determine the number of 60 centimeters diameter
concrete pipe.

(wala talaga ‘tong solution, isusulat ko sa board)

TABLE 1. QUANTITY OF CEMENT AND SAND PER PIPE JOINT

The values presented was based on the assumption that the grout or
plaster completely surround the joints between pipes.
Sewage Ejector

Sewage ejector refers to the pump that will discharge waste in the sump
and transfer it to the house drain installed overhead. Sewage ejector is necessary
when the public sewer line was installed at a depth from 2 to 4 meters below the
street level.