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CORPORATION COCK - A STOP VALVE
PLACED IN A SERVICE PIPE CLOSE TO ITS
CONNECTION WITH A WATER MAIN.
COURT - A COURT IS AN OPEN ,
UNOCCUPIED SPACE BOUNDED ON TWO
(2) OR MORE SIDES BY THE WALLS OF THE
BUILDINGS. AN INNER COURT IS A COURT
ENTIRELY WITHIN THE EXTERIORWALLS OF
A BUILDING. ALL OTHER COURTS ARE
OUTER COURTS.
CROSS CONNECTION - ANY PHYSICAL
CONNECTION OR ARRANGEMENT OF PIPES
BETWEEN TWO OTHERWISE
SEPARATE BUILDING WATER-SUPPLY PIPES
OR A SYSTEM THROUGH WHICH OR BY
MEANS OF WHICH WATER SUPPLY MAY
FLOW FROM ONE SYSTEM TO THE OTHER,
THE DIRECTION OF FLOW DEPENDING ON
THE PRESSURE DIFFERENTIAL BETWEEN
THE TWO SYSTEMS.
DEAD END -THE EXTENDED PORTION OF
A PIPE THAT IS CLOSED AT ONE END TO
WHICH NO CONNECTIONS ARE MADE ON
THE EXTENDED PORTION, THUS
PERMITTING THE STAGNATION OF WATER
OR AIR THEREIN. (WATER HAMMER
ARRESTER OR AIR GAP OR AIR CHAMBER).
DEVELOPMENT LENGTH -THE LENGTH
ALONG THE CENTER LINE OF THE PIPE
AND THE FITTINGS.
DIAMETER - DIAMETER OF A PIPE OR
TUBE SHALL MEAN THE NOMINAL
INTERNAL DIAMETER (I.D.) OF SUCH
PIPE; EXCEPT BRASS AND COPPER TUBING
WHEREIN THE TERM SHALL MEAN THE
OUTSIDE DIAMETER (O.D.) OF TUBING.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE - SEE SANITARY
SEWAGE.
DOUBLE-BEND FITTING - A PIPE FITTING
SHAPED LIKE THE LETTER S.
DOUBLE OFFSET - TWO OFFSETS IN
SUCCESSION OR IN SERIES IN THE SAME
PURPOSE.
SHALL - AS USED IN THIS CODE, IS
MANDATORY.
SIAMESE CONNECTION - A WYE
CONNECTION USED ON FIRE LINES SO
THAT TWO LINES OF HOSE MAY BE
CONNECTED TO HYDRANT OR TO THE
SAME NOZZLE.
SIPHONAGE. - A SUCTION BY THE FLOW
OF LIQUIDS IN PIPES. A PRESSURE LESS
THAN ATMOSPHERIC.
SOIL PIPE - A SOIL PIPE IS ANY PIPE
WHICH CONVEYS THE DISCHARGE OF
WATER CLOSETS, URINALS, OR FIXTURES
HAVING SIMILAR FUNCTIONS. ALSO, A
CAST-IRON PIPE, WITH BELL AND SPIGOT
ENDS, USED IN PLUMBING TO CONVEY
FECAL MATTER OR LIQUID WASTES.
SOIL STACK PIPE - A VERTICAL SOIL PIPE
CONVEYING FECAL MATTER AND LIQUID
WASTE.
SPIGOT - THE END OF A PIPE, WHICH FITS
INTO A BELL. ALSO A WORD USED
SYNONYMOUSLY WITH FAUCET.
STACK - A GENERAL TERM USED FOR ANY
VERTICAL LINE OF SOIL, WASTE, OR VENT
PIPING.
STACK VENT - A STACK VENT IS THE
EXTENSION OF A SOIL OR WASTE STACK
ABOVE THE HIGHEST HORIZONTAL DRAIN
CONNECTED TO THE STACK.
STANDPIPE - A VERTICAL PIPE USUALLY
USED FOR THE STORAGE OF WATER,
FREQUENTLY UNDER PRESSURE.
STORM WATER - STORM WATER IS THAT
PORTION OF THE RAINFALL OR OTHER
PRECIPITATION, WHICH RUNS OFF OVER
THE SURFACE AFTER THE STORM AND FOR
SUCH A SHORT PERIOD FOLLOWING A
STORM AS THE FLOW EXCEEDS THE
NORMAL RUNOFF.