Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Sanitary cleanout - A cleanout is a sewer-specific facility that is used as an opening in a collection system for inserting tools, rods, or snakes while cleaning a pipeline or clearing a stoppage. Tends to have a small cover.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sanitary inlet - open air inlet to the sanitary system. Often seen as a grate at the wastewater treatment plant.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sanitary manhole - larger size, tends to run in the middle of the road and is roughly placed every 200 ft. Used to access the sanitary sewer, and seen when the main changes directions.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sanitary valve - usually an air release valve. Use to relieve air bubbles during system operation to protect against unwanted surges and maintain efficiency.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>A break in the sewer main to show its corresponding ownership. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Various water main fittings:</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Tee - can connect pipes of different diameters or change the direction of a pipe run, or both. Three connections.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Bend - connect pipes to change the direction of a pipe run. Two connections. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Cross - connect pipes to change the direction of a pipe run or different diameters. Four connections.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Reducer - connect two pipes of different diameters. Usually leads from larger to smaller diameter pipe.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Wye - connect three pipes, potentially with different diameters. Configured in a "Y" shape.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Sleeve - Tapping Sleeves are used when tapping into a pipe while it is under pressure. </SPAN></P><P><SPAN>Plug - used to end a water main at an unused section.</SPAN></P><P><SPAN /></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Lift stations are used to move wastewater from lower to higher elevation, particularly where the elevation of the source is not sufficient for gravity flow and/or when the use of gravity conveyance will result in excessive excavation depths and high sewer construction costs. Input is gravity main, output is force main.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>Sewerlines displayed in the direction of flow. Have sanitary service lines from homes entering the mains, which eventually end up at the wastewater treatment plant. Once opened, sanitary sewerlines look like a shallow channel, versus a storm sewer. Flow within these mains is varied. </SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>Point of access to the sewer main for the purpose of removing blockages and regular maintenance.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><P><SPAN>A sewer lateral is the underground pipe that connects a residence or business to a main sewer line. Local governments often consider all or part of the sewer lateral to be the property and responsibility of the homeowner or business owner.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV>
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Description: <DIV STYLE="text-align:Left;"><DIV><DIV><P><SPAN>May be plugged or sealed if manhole. May be part of a sanitary main that is also abandoned. Can be a stub, manhole, bend, valve, or vault.</SPAN></P></DIV></DIV></DIV>
Copyright Text: Created and maintained by the City of Battle Creek DPW Records Division since 2005.