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Complete and current coverage of site piping systems for facilities
Featuring the latest codes and standards, this detailed resource discusses the design of facility piping systems that are installed on the site beyond the building wall. This is a comprehensive guide to the identification, measurement, transport, and disposal of various kinds of waterborne waste as well as to the supply of water and natural gas to facilities. Water conservation and reuse are also addressed. Written by a global expert in the field, this book provides the most up-to-date criteria and methods for the design of commercial, industrial, and institutional site facility systems.
Facilities Site Piping Systems Handbook covers:
- Water wells
- Graywater
- Groundwater monitoring wells
- Water treatment
- Desalination
- Site domestic water service
- Site fire protection
- Site fuel gas systems
- Fats, oils, and grease interceptors, and motor oil separation units
- pH neutralization systems
- Infectious and biological waste drainage systems
- Nuclear waste
- Industrial waste
- Fire suppression water drainage
- Volatile liquids: treatment and disposal
- Stormwater harvesting and reuse
- Stormwater drainage and disposal
- Flow in ditches and open channels
- Sanitary gravity flow
- Pump discharge systems
- Underground piping design
- Freezing prevention of water and wastewater in exterior pipes and tanks
- Building rating and assessment systems
List of contents
Elements of potable water supply treatment including reverse osmoses and other filter typesElements of non-potable water supply treatmentSea water treatment for aquariumsLaboratory and hospital nuclear waste drainage and disposalHospital chemical decontamination and dischargeIndustrial waste treatment and disposal Underground drainage piping, including double wall pipingMeasurement of water and wastewater flowIrrigation water treatment and useBiological waste treatment, bioremediation and disposalLEED credits for water and wastewater treatment and disposalIntercepting and disposal of fats, oil and greaseBoiler blow off and cooling tower water treatment and disposalStormwater design and treatment for disposalGasoline and diesel oil drainageOnsite wastewater treatment
About the author
Michael Frankel, CIPE, CPD, is president of Utility Systems Consultants. He has more than 35 years of experience in the plumbing industry and engineering and design profession, and is the author several books.
