§ 171.146 PIPING INSTALLATION.
   (A)   Minimum requirements. All piping installed for onsite wastewater treatment systems shall be uniformly supported, sloped as appropriate, and otherwise installed as established in this section.
   (B)   Building sewers. Building sewers shall be sloped not less than one-eighth inch per foot, nor more than one-quarter inch per foot.
   (C)   Connections. All piping shall be connected, solvent joined, or attached with an appropriate adapter as acceptable for the material to ensure that connections do not separate or allow the leakage of wastewater or infiltration of groundwater.
   (D)   Sealing openings for piping. An opening for piping entering or exiting septic tanks, pretreatment components, lift stations, distribution devices, or other system components shall be sealed and shall be water tight.
   (E)   Pressure pipe connections. Pipe connectors and fittings on pressure supply lines, manifolds, or lateral distribution pipes shall be pressure connectors or fittings.
   (F)   Connections to distribution and drop boxes. Pipe directly connected to distribution and drop boxes shall be rigid, non-corrugated, non-perforated pipe extending into the soil treatment area as specified by § 171.103(A)(4).
(Ord. [Bd of Health Ord., Art. V], passed 11-12-1996; Ord. [Bd of Health Ord., Art. V], passed 11-12-2013)