Nevada Administrative Code
Chapter 445A - Water Controls
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS
Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance
Section 445A.6553 - "Air gap" defined
Universal Citation: NV Admin Code 445A.6553
Current through September 16, 2024
"Air gap" means a physical separation between a point of free-flowing discharge from a pipe that supplies liquid to an open or nonpressurized vessel and the overflow rim of that vessel which is:
1. At least twice the effective diameter of that pipe or, if the pipe is affected by side walls, at least three times the effective diameter of that pipe; and
2. In no case less than 1 inch.
Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 2-20-97
NRS 445A.860
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