Current through all regulations passed and filed through September 16, 2024
Chapter 6 of the International Plumbing
Code, 2021 edition, as incorporated by reference and modified in Section
101.1.1 of this code, is further modified as follows:
(A)
Replace
section 601.1 with the
following:
601.1
Scope.
This chapter
governs the materials, design and installation of
water supply systems
within a building, both hot and cold, for utilization in
connection with human occupancy and habitation.
Exceptions:
1.
This chapter is
not applicable to private water systems or recycled water systems as defined in
section 3701.344 of the Revised Code and
as defined in rule
3701-28-01 of the Administrative
Code and within the scope of the rules of the "Ohio Department of
Health".
2.
This chapter is not applicable to public water systems
as defined in division (A) of section
6109.01 of the Revised Code and
as defined in rule
3745-81-01 of the Administrative
Code and within the scope of the rules of the "Ohio Environmental Protection
Agency".
(B)
Replace
section 602.3 in its entirety to read as
follows:
602.3
Water Required
This section and all subsections are
deleted.
(C)
Replace
section 603.2 with the
following:
603.2
Separation of water service and building sewer.
Where
water
service piping
is located in the same
trench with the
building
sewer
and the
building sewer
piping
is not constructed of materials listed in Table 702.2, the
water service pipe
and the
building
sewer
are to be horizontally separated
by not less than 5 feet (1524 mm) of undisturbed or compacted earth. The
required separation distance is not applicable where a
water service pipe
crosses a
sewer
pipe, provided
that the water service is sleeved to a point not less than 5 feet (1524 mm)
horizontally from the sewer pipe centerline on both sides of such crossing. The
sleeve is to be of pipe materials listed in Table 605.3, Table 702.2, or other
pipe material acceptable to the authority having jurisdiction for the
building sewer.
The required separation distance is not applicable
where the bottom of the water service pipe, located within 5 feet (1524 mm) of
the
sewer, is not less
than 12 inches (305 mm) above the highest point of the top of the
building sewer.
(D)
Add an exception to section 605.2.1 to read as
follows:
Exception:
The following items are exempt from the lead content
limitations of this section (even though the potable water supply pipe which
serves the fixture or supplies the nonpotable water system is not
exempt):
1.
Pipes, pipe fittings, plumbing fittings, or fixtures,
including backflow preventers that are used exclusively for nonpotable services
such as process piping, irrigation piping, and outdoor watering
piping.
2.
Toilets, bidets, urinals, fill valves, flushometer
valves, tub fillers, shower valves, and service saddles.
3.
Water distribution
main gate valves two inches in diameter or larger.
(E)
Modify
section 605.3 as follows:
Replace the term "...........third
party certified..........." with the phrase "...........
listed
by an
approved agency
..........."
(F)
Modify
section 605.15.2, exception #1, as follows:
Replace the term "...........third
party certified..........." with the phrase "...........
listed
by an
approved agency
..........."
(G)
Modify
section 606.1, item #4, to read as
follows:
4.
On the base of every riser.
(H)
Replace
section 606.5.5 to read as follows:
606.5.5
Low-pressure cutoff required on booster pumps.
In accordance with rule
3745-95-07 of the Administrative
Code, a low-pressure cutoff, a low suction throttling valve, or variable speed
suction limiting controls is to be installed on all booster pumps in a water
pressure booster system to prevent creation of a vacuum or negative pressure on
the suction side of the pump when a positive pressure of 10 psi (68.94 kPa) or
less occurs on the suction side of the pump while the pump is operating.
Enforcement of the referenced rule is the responsibility of the local water
supplier.
(I)
Add a sentence at the end of section
607.1 to read as
follows:
Tempered water
is to be delivered from lavatories and group wash
fixtures located in
public
toilet facilities provided for customers, patrons, and
visitors.
(J)
Replace section 607.2.1 to read as
follows:
607.2.1
Circulation systems and heat trace systems for maintaining
heated water temperature in distribution systems.
Automatic circulating
hot water
system
pumps or heat trace is to be arranged to be conveniently turned off,
automatically or manually, when the
hot
water
system is not in
operation.
(K)
Replace section 607.2.1.1 to read as
follows:
607.2.1.1
Pump controls for hot water storage systems.
Deleted.
(L)
Replace
section 607.5 to read as
follows:
607.5
Insulation of piping.
Piping to the inlet of a
water heater
and
piping conveying water heated by a
water
heater
is to be insulated in accordance
with the applicable energy conservation standard referenced in Chapter 13 of
the
building code
or Chapter 11 of the "Residential Code of Ohio
."
(M)
Replace
section 608.1 with the
following:
608.1
General.
A potable
water supply system within a building is to be designed, installed and
maintained in such a manner so as to prevent contamination from nonpotable
liquids, solids or gases being introduced into the building potable water
supply through cross connections or any other piping connections to the system.
Isolation backflow prevention device applications are to conform to Table
608.1, except as specifically stated in Sections
608.2 through
608.17.10.
(N)
Modify section
608.4 as follows:
Add "water-powered sump pumps," after
"Water pumps,"
(O)
Add a sentence at the end of section 608.17.2 to
read:
If the boiler feedwater, water
treatment, or make-up water pipe is not provided with a high temperature check
valve (rated at not less than 250 ºF) near the boiler stop valve, then the
temperature rating of the
backflow
preventer
is to be not less than 250
ºF.
(P)
Replace section
608.18 in its entirety to read
as follows:
608.18
Protection of individual water supplies.
An individual water supply, otherwise known as a
private water system, is to be located and constructed so as to be safeguarded
against contamination in accordance with the rules of the "Ohio Department of
Health" set forth in Chapter 3701-28 of the Administrative Code, "Private Water
Systems."
608.18.1
Well locations.
Deleted.
TABLE 608.18.1 DISTANCE FROM
CONTAMINATION TO PRIVATE WATER SUPPLIES AND PUMP SUCTION LINES
Deleted.
608.18.2
Elevation.
Deleted.
608.18.3
Depth.
Deleted.
608.18.4
Watertight casings.
Deleted.
608.18.5
Drilled or driven well casings.
Deleted.
608.18.6
Dug or
bored well casings.
Deleted.
608.18.7
Cover.
Deleted.
608.18.8
Drainage.
Deleted.
(Q)
Modify
section 609.2.1 as follows:
Replace the word "hospital." with the
phrase "Group I-2, Condition 2 facility."
(R)
Add an
exception to section 610.1 that reads as
follows:
Exception:
New plumbing systems in one-, two-, and three-family
dwellings are to be purged of deleterious matter and shown by a bacteriological
examination, prescribed by the health authority or the water purveyor having
jurisdiction and performed by a third-party testing laboratory
certified/accepted by the Ohio EPA, that the water in the system meets
prescribed water quality standards in accordance with the following
procedure:
1.
If, after first bacteriological examination, the water
in the plumbing system meets prescribed water quality standards, then no
disinfection is required.
2.
If, after first bacteriological examination, the water
in the plumbing system fails to meet prescribed water quality standards, then a
second bacteriological examination is to be performed. If, after the second
bacteriological examination, the water in the plumbing system meets prescribed
water quality standards, then no disinfection is required.
3.
If, after the
second bacteriological examination, the water in the plumbing system fails to
meet prescribed water quality standards, then the system is to be disinfected
as described in this section prior to utilization.
Replaces: 4101:3-6-01
