Sanitary Pipe Sizing
Sanitary Pipe Sizing
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This question my sound alittle juvenile, but Im an junior EI so I am used to getting thrashed from time to time, lol. I was wondering, what methods are used in determinng pipe sizes in gravity fed SS systems?





RE: Sanitary Pipe Sizing
RE: Sanitary Pipe Sizing
Since you are probably outside, it is determined by the flow rate of a sloped pipe. There are various charts that will tell you the flow rate of a sloped pipe based upon how full it is and the different slopes. Obtain those charts and you will be on your way.
RE: Sanitary Pipe Sizing
1. Your local sanitary sewer ordinances or design standards
2. American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) manual of Practice M. & R. No. 37.
3. The Ten State Standards
4. Wastewater Systems Engineering, Homer W. Parker
or any good wastewater engineering textbook for publoc sewer systems. Google works great.
For private systems and building sewers the Uniform Plumbing Code is about as good as any.
These are U.S standards.
Are you in the U.S. ?
What is a "junior EI" ?
good luck
RE: Sanitary Pipe Sizing
The 2004 edition of "Recommended Standards for Wastewater Facilities" by the Great Lakes - Upper Mississippi River Board of State and Provincial Public Health and Environmental Managers is available. This manual is commonly referred to as The Ten-State Standards. This wastewater facilities design document is an update prepared jointly by a board including ten midwestern states and the Province of Ontario.
Iowa is represented on the Board. It is referenced in state rules and is used by the IDNR to supplement Iowa's Wastewater Design Standards for sewage works. IDNR does not stock copies. A copy may be obtained by contacting the Health Education Services at Albany, New York. Cost per copy is $12.00 plus shipping. Their telephone number is 518/439-7286.
You may also order a copy by going to the "environmental/occcupational health" listing in the HES web site at http://www.hes.org.
RE: Sanitary Pipe Sizing
When I said that I am a junior engineer, I mean that I am a first year engineering intern "EI" or what senior PE's call a "Green Horn"
Appreciate the advice
RE: Sanitary Pipe Sizing
Regards
StoneCold
RE: Sanitary Pipe Sizing