Description: Control valves: check, air release, pressure reducing, gear reduction.System valves: butterfly, gate, double gate, tapping gate, RW gate, tapping RW gate, ball valve.VOB: valve on branch. Related to fire hydrants, the valves on the hydrant leads.
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: A water tower is an elevated structure supporting a water tank constructed at a height sufficient to pressurize a water distribution system for the distribution of potable water, and to provide emergency storage for fire protection.
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: 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.Sanitary inlet - open air inlet to the sanitary system. Often seen as a grate at the wastewater treatment plant.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.Sanitary valve - usually an air release valve. Use to relieve air bubbles during system operation to protect against unwanted surges and maintain efficiency.
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: 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.
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: One of the most accessible parts of a water distribution system, they are often used for attaching pressure gauges or loggers or monitor system water pressure. Point where people are able to tap into a water supply (e.g. for firefighters' use).
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: A main pipe or conduit in a system for conveying water.Distribution - Distribution mains are typically smaller in diameter than the transmission mains and generally follow the city streets.Fire Line - to be removed.Hydrant Lead - Leading from a water main to a fire hydrant.Purge Line - Potentially used to flush water main. Transmission - Transmission mains are larger pipes (16” in diameter and larger) which are designed to move large quantities of water from the source of supply, such as a treatment plant or groundwater well, and provide water to the smaller distribution mains.
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.
Description: 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.
Copyright Text: Originally created by Woolpert Inc. in 1997. Edited by Battle Creek DPW Records Division.