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The suction pipe size to a fire pump shall be six inches for 500 and 750 gallons per minute pumps and eight inches for 1,000 and 1,500 gallons per minute pumps. This pipe shall be directly connected to the city main or suction source free from any meter (except a detector meter installed in a bypass around a check valve). The city connection shall be increased two inches if used for both domestic consumption and fire protection demands when the domestic service exceeds two inches in diameter.
(Prior code § 91-65; Amend Coun. J. 10-30-96, p. 31261, § 1)