5830 Water Main Standards1
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ORDINANCE NO. 5830
Oxs0110-s. LI, Published in the Salina Journal Februa 1954
AN ORDINANCE prescribing certain minimum standards as to sizes of water service mains and
water distribution service into and within residences and Wtment houses in the City of
Salina and prescribing penalties for the violation thereof.
BE IT ORDAINED by the Board of Commissioners of the City of Salina, Kansas:
Section 1. For the purpose of determining theminimum size of water service lines
extending from mains in streets or al leysinto ahouse or gnrtment house, and providing
distribution lines inside house or apartment house piping the following conversion table
converting plumbing fixtures to fixture -unit ratings, ishereby established:
Conversion Table
Plumbing Fixtures to Fixture -Unit Ratings
Applicable to Homes
I Water closet, flush tank
1 Lavatory
1 Bathtub vd th or without shower head
1 Shower compartment
1 Kitchen sink
1 Disposal unit
1 Laundry trap(1 to 3 -compartment)
1 Sillcock
1 Laundry machine
-3 Fixture -units
-1 Fixture -units
-2 Fixture -units
-2 Fixture units
-2 Fixture -units
-1 Fixture -units
-3 Fixture -units
-4 Fixture -units
-3 Fixture -units
Section 2. That the size of any such piping required by the provisions hereof shall
be computed as follows:
Step 1. Determine thewater pressure at the main. The
Water Department of the City of Salina shall provide this
information.
Step 2. Compute thenumber of fixture units to be supplied,
including plumbing connected applicances and sillcocks
using the conversion table set forth in Section 1 hereof and
employing the minimum relative sizes regi ired by Section B
hereof.
Section 3. That the minimum water -pipe sizing applicable to any particular in-
stallation shat 1 be correlated with fixture -units demand and shall be determined by the
following water -pipe sizing table:
7L4TER-PIPE SIZING TABLE
Small Buildings
Sizes are computed to maintain a maximum velocity of 10 feet per second, based on water
pressure drop of 5 psi per 100 feet.
Service Inside Developed Length Fixture -unit
Line Main Piping of Piping Requirements
No. Diameter Diameter Feet Quantity
I 3A" 3/4" Maximum --- 50 Ft. Maximum--- 25 F.U.
2 3%4" 3A" ° 100 Ft. it 16 F.U.
3 3�4" 3�4" " 150 Ft. it 15 F.U.
4 3/4" 1" " 50 Ft. " 40 F.U.
5 3�4" 1" " 100 Ft, " 33 F.U.
6 3/4" 1" " 153 Ft. " 28 F.U.
7 1" In tt 50 Ft, " 50 F.U.
8 1" ltt rt 100 Ft.. " 40 F.U.
9 1" 1" " 150 Ft. " 30 F.U.
lfl 50 Ft. " 96 F.U.
11 1" l"" " 100 Ft, " 65 F.U.
12 1" l" " 150 Ft. ": 55 F.U.
13 it 50 Ft. " 150 F.U.
14 1" 1" " 100 Ft. " 100 F.U.
15 I" 1 " " 150 Ft. " 65 F.U.
16 1" "' 50 Ft. " 250 F.U.
17 1-" 1 " " 100 Ft, " 160 F.U.
18 14" 1 ' "' 150 Ft, " 130 F.U.
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Section 4. That the minimum service main diameters and the inside piping diameters
shall be determined by employment of the conversion table set forth in Section 1 hereof
and correlation thereof with the water -pipe sizing table set forth in Section 3 hereof.
No water installation shall be hereafter effected connecting the main or the water
distribution -oystem to any building or providing for the distribution of water within
any building that does not meet the minimum requirements of the sizing table, aforessi d.
In the event the various maximum developed length of piping in feet exceeds the maximum
set forth in the water -pipe sizing table in Section 3 hereof, that thereupon the minimum
acceptable water service lines installations shall be increased by one quarter inch or
more as applicable. No installations shall be effected that do not provide a distribution
system to carry, in compliance with the minimum standards hereof., the regp.ired quantity
of fixture -units.
Section 5. In the event any person, firm or corporation shall violate or fail to
comply with the minimum standards established by this ordinance, or fai is to comply with
any requirement, order or direction of the plumbing inspector, given pursuant to this
ordinance, shall upon conviction be deemed guilty of a public offense and shall be
punished by fine of not less than $25.00 or more than $100.00, or by imprisonment not to
exceed thirty (30) days, or by '§oth such fine and imprisonment for each such offense..
Section 6. That this ordinance shall be and remain in full force and effect from
and after its adoption and publication once in the official city paper.
Attest::
City Clerk
Introduced:. January 25, 1954
Passed: February 1, 1954