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  • Connexion Of Sundry Apparatus

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    (1) Except where flushing-valves are installed in accordance with the provisions of section 10, no person shall cause or permit any service-pipe to be connected, without the interposition of a storage tank fitted with a ball-valve, to any water-trough, water-closet, urinal, steam- or hot-water boiler, closed water-heater or container or apparatus in which any contaminant…

  • Flushing-Cisterns

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    Every cistern for water-closet, urinal or slop-hopper shall comply with the relevant requirements of Chapter 9.

  • Hot-Water Cylinders

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    (1) Except in the case of combination cylinders, every hot-water cylinder shall be provided with an expansion pipe discharging direct to the atmosphere in a position where overflow will be readily detected or, alternatively, discharging above the surface-level of the water in the storage tank supplying such hot-water cylinder. (2) The supply pipe from any…

  • Storage Tanks In Ground

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    No storage tank or other container buried or installed in any excavation in the ground on the consumer’s premises shall be used for the storage or reception of water supplied by the local authority and intended for human consumption without the permission of the local authority and subject to such conditions as it may prescribe.

  • Separate Cold-Water Storage Tanks

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    Subject to the provisions of subsection (2) of section 20, where a separate cold-water storage tank is installed— a) If such storage tank is used to supply a hot-water apparatus and a bath, the cold-water supply to such bath shall not be connected to the storage tank at a point lower than one-half the depth…

  • Storage Tanks

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    (1) No person shall install, fit or use, or cause or permit to be installed, fitted or used, upon any premises, a storage tank for the reception or storage of water unless— a) Such storage tank is constructed of cast iron, galvanized steel, vitreous enamelware, concrete, asbestos-cement, copper, glass reinforced plastic, or other approved material,…

  • Plug-Valve And Gate-Valves

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    Except in the case of cisterns for slop-hoppers, water-closets, or urinals, a plug-valve or gate-valve shall be placed on the outlet pipe of each cistern so as to obviate the necessity of emptying the cistern during any repairs to the service

  • Maintenance Of Service

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    (1) No consumer shall fail to repair, renew, remove or alter any pipe, valve, stop-cock, cistern or other apparatus which is connected to a water-supply from a public main, when called upon to do so by the local authority for the purpose of preventing waste, nuisance, undue consumption or contamination of the supply. (2) No…

  • Laying Of Pipes

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    (1) All service-pipes laid in the ground shall have a minimum clear cover of 400 millimeters. (2) No person shall lay or install or make use of any pipe which is to be supplied with water by the local authority through, in or into any sewer, drain, ashpit, manure-hole or other place where, in the…

  • Supplies For Groups of Premises

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    (1) Where a group or block of dwellings is supplied from one connexon pipe, a stop-cock shall be fixed on each branch-pipe leading therefrom to each dwelling for the purpose of turning off the supply of water to such dwelling without interrupting the supply to the others. (2) Where a tap is fixed to a…