Week 6 Flashcards
(15 cards)
Natural precipitation, including snow-melt, that has contacted a surface at or below grade.
Storm Water
A drain that collects subsurface water or seepage water and conveys
such water to a place of disposal.
Subsoil Drain
A pipe inside the building that conveys storm water from the roof to a storm
or combined building drain
Conductor
A drain installed to receive water collecting on the surface of a roof and to discharge such water into a leader or a conductor
Roof Drain
A small covered tank for storing water for a home or farm. Generally, ithis tank stores rainwater to be utilized for purposes other than in the potable water supply, and such
tank is placed underground in most cases
Cistern
A receptacle designed to collect surface or storm water from an open area
Area Drain
The minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply
discharge, measured or expressed in terms of the diameter of a circle or, if the opening is not circular, the diameter of a circle of equivalent cross-sectional area. For faucets and similar fitings, the effective opening shall be measured at the smallest orifice in the fitting body or in the supply piping to the fitting.
Effective Opening
Private water supplies and recycled water systems are regulated by the Ohio Department of Health rules found in Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative Code
Well
An exterior drainage pipe for conveying storm water from roof or gutter drains to an approved means of disposal.
Leader
Any liquid waste containing animal or vegetable matter in suspension or
solution, including liquids containing chemicals in solution
Sewage
That part of the drainage system of pipes, installed and maintained by a
city, township, county, public utility company or other public entity, and located on public property, in the street or in an approved dedicated easement of public or community use
Public Sewer
A sewer that carries sewage and excludes storm, surface and ground
water.
Sanitary Sewer
A sewer that conveys rainwater, surface water, subsurface water and
similar liquid wastes.
Storm Sewer
The fall (pitch) of a line of pipe in reference to a horizontal plane. In drainage, the slope is expressed as the fall in units vertical per units horizontal (percent) for a length of
pipe.
Slope
A pipe that conveys sewage containing fecal matter to the building drain or
building sewer.
Soil Pipe
