Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
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What is the concensus of what one should call the water that drains to a sump or sumps in the subsurface levels of a office building or other structure (e.g., three levels of parking below a building)? If one's structure is below the water table and in an area with "normal" precipiation, the sources of the water would be infiltrating groundwater and infiltrating surface water from precip and downspouts (especially if the ground surface and building/landscaping design does not permit water to flow away from the building). Regardless, once that water is in the subsurface, and drains along the foundation walls and to the footings, and then to the sub slab drainage system leading to the sumps and sump pumps, what should one call it? Should it be called subsurface drainage, foundation drainage, drainage water, gravity-recovered water, gravity-recovered drainage, infiltrated water, sump-recovered water, what?





RE: Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
Check the language used in any permitting documents to make sure that the "names" you choose are consistent with the permitting intent. You don't want to create an administrative problem by arbitrarily choosing a name that is not addressed in the documents.
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RE: Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
RE: Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
surface water drains will pick up any water drained from roofs, parking areas and perhaps other things such as condensate, blow down etc. it will likely be contaminated with oil, sediment etc and will be a much higher volume and flow rate than the foundation drainage. it will not be conveyed in perforated pipes and generally would be passed through an oil water separator and then to a storm drain outfall.
RE: Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
RE: Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
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RE: Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
Be careful about vague wording - remember through 'contra proferentem' if there is any vaguely worded clauses in a contract (can be interpreted in more than one way) it will always be ruled in favour of the person who did not author / present the contract.
RE: Defined term or common usage for drainage to sump
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle