DEPARTMENT HAVING JURISDICTION correct answer: the Administrative Authority and includes any other law enforcement agency concerned by any provision of
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DEVELOPED LENGTH correct answer: the length of a pipe along its centerline and fittings.
DOMESTIC SEWAGE correct answer: the liquid and water-borne wastes derived from the ordinary living processes, free from industrial wastes and of such character that permit satisfactory disposal without special treatment. It is discharged into the public sewer or into a private sewage disposal system .
DOUBLE-BEND FITTING correct answer: a pipe fitting with adjacent reverse bends and shaped like the letter S.
DOUBLE OFFSET correct answer: two offsets in succession or in series such that the centerlines of the outside ends are in the same straight line
DOWNSPOUT correct answer: the vertical portion of a rainwater conductor .
DRAIN correct answer: a pipe, which carries ground and surface waters, storm water or wastewater into a building drainage system .
DRAINAGE SYSTEM correct answer: includes all the pipings within public or private premises which convey sewage or other liquid wastes to a legal point of disposal but does not include the mains of a public sewer system or a public sewage treatment or disposal plant.
DRY VENT correct answer: a vent that does not carry liquid or water-borne wastes.
DUAL VENT correct answer: Unit Vent.
DURHAM SYSTEM correct answer: a term used to describe soil or waste system where all pipings are of threaded pipe, tubing or other such rigid construction using recessed drainage fittings to correspond to the types of piping.
EFFECTIVE OPENING correct answer: is the minimum cross-sectional area at the point of water supply discharge measured or expressed in terms of: ( 1) diameter of a circle; (2) if the opening is not circular, the diameter of a circle of equivalent cross-sectional area. This is applicable also to air gap installation.
EXISTING WORK correct answer: the on-going installation of the plumbing system or any part thereof which has been installed prior to the effectivity of this Code.
FAMILY correct answer: one person living alone or a group living together, whether related to each other by birth or not.
FAUCET correct answer: a valve located at the end of a water pipe through of which water can be drawn from or held within the pipe .
FERRULE correct answer: a metallic sleeve, caulked or joined to an opening in a pipe, into which a plug is screwed that can be removed for cleaning or examining the interior of the pipe.
FIXTURE correct answer: a receptacle other than a trap attached to a plumbing system in which water or wastes may be collected or retained for ultimate discharge into the plumbing system.
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