My brother runs a water plant for a nearby small town so I asked him. He said a “Lateral” is the sewer line that leaves the main line along the street and runs only to the property line. So your house or business would hook it’s sewer line to the “municipal lateral”.
A water “main” is a fairly generic term that is used for any pipe that supplies more than one service. The service line runs off of the main to serve a house, building, or whatever. Even though a large building may have a 6 or 8 inch pipe coming in from the street, he would consider it a “service line” because it feeds one facility. A Maintenance crews in a building would have a completely different definition as they would consider a line running through a factory and serving different zones or areas a “main line”. I found this interesting. The Other Brian ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Price, Edward Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 4:20 PM To: [email protected] Subject: RE: Water Mains ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Doug Kramer Sent: Thursday, March 19, 2009 12:07 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Water Mains We all have a pretty solid grasp of what is meant by the AC Mains, but what in IEC language is meant by “Water Mains”? In the US, when I think water mains, I think of the place down in the basement where it enters my house. Using the analogy to the AC Mains, it would be any place where I get water from the pipes, be it a shower head or faucet. Any clarity out there today? Thanks, Doug Kramer - Doug: I think the pipe that runs between the water main (typically under the public street in the USA) is called a lateral. Although I'm not a hydraulics specialist, I wouldn't call any plumbing within a house a "main." In a commercial property, the term "main" just might be applied to major in-plant distribution pipes (potable water, fire suppression). Maybe the best description for a main is "the big pipe that you don't own." Ed Price [email protected] <blocked::mailto:[email protected]> WB6WSN NARTE Certified EMC Engineer Electromagnetic Compatibility Lab Cubic Defense Applications San Diego, CA USA 858-505-2780 Military & Avionics EMC Is Our Specialty _________________________ LECO Corporation Notice: This communication may contain confidential information intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you received this by mistake, please destroy it and notify us of the error. Thank you. - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]> - This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <[email protected]> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at http://www.ieeecommunities.org/emc-pstc Graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. can be posted to that URL. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://listserv.ieee.org/request/user-guide.html List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <[email protected]> Mike Cantwell <[email protected]> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher <[email protected]> David Heald <[email protected]>
