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7.4.6.2 — Location of Soil or Waste Pipes

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(1) A soil or waste pipe shall not be located directly above,

(a) non-pressure potable water storage tanks,

(b) manholes in pressure potable water storage tanks, or

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potable

means fit for human consumption.

soil

means , except for the purposes of Part 8 of Division B, a portion of the earth’s crust that is fragmentary or such that individual particles of a dried sample may be readily separated by agitation in water, and includes boulders, cobbles, gravel, sand, silt, clay and organic matter.

waste pipe

means a sanitary drainage pipe that carries the discharge from a fixture directly to a waste stack, soil stack, sanitary building drain, branch or sewage system.

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