CHAPTER 8

INDIRECT WASTES

801.0 Indirect Wastes. used in direct contact with ready-to-eat food,

801.1 Airgap or Airbreak Required. All indirect shall be indirectly connected to the drainage
waste piping shall discharge into the building system by means of an airgap. Each indirect
drainage system through an airgap or airbreak as set waste pipe from food-handling fixtures or
forth in this code. Where a drainage airgap is equipment shall be separately piped to the
required by this code, the minimum vertical distance indirect waste receptor and shall not combine
as measured from the lowest point of the indirect with other indirect waste pipes. The piping from
waste pipe or the fixture outlet to the flood-level rim the equipment to the receptor shall not be
of the receptor shall be not less than one (1) inch smaller than the drain on the unit, and it shall
(25.4 mm). not be smaller than one-half (1/2) inch (15 mm).
801.2 Food and Beverage Handling Establishments. 801.3 Bar and Fountain Sink Traps. Where the
Establishments engaged in the storage, preparation, sink in a bar, soda fountain, or counter is so located
selling, serving, processing, or other handling of food that the trap serving the sink cannot be vented, the
and beverage involving the following equipment that sink drain shall discharge through an airgap or
requires drainage shall provide indirect waste piping airbreak (see Section 801.2.3) into an approved
for refrigerators, refrigeration coils, freezers, walk-in receptor that is vented. The developed length from
coolers, iceboxes, ice-making machines, steam tables, the fixture outlet to the receptor shall not exceed five
egg boilers, coffee urns and brewers, hot-and-cold (5) feet (1524 mm).
drink dispensers, and similar equipment. 801.4 Connections from Water Distribution
801.2.1 Except for refrigeration coils and ice- System. Indirect waste connections shall be
making machines, the minimum size of the provided for drains, overflows, or relief pipes from
indirect waste pipe shall not be smaller than the potable water pressure tanks, water heaters, boilers,
drain on the unit, but shall not be smaller than and similar equipment that is connected to the
one (1) inch (25 mm), and the maximum potable water distribution system. Such indirect
developed length shall not exceed fifteen (15) waste connections shall be made by means of a
feet (4,572 mm). Indirect waste pipe for ice- water-distribution airgap constructed in accordance
making machines shall not be less than the drain with Table 6-3.
801.5 Sterilizers. Lines, devices, or apparatus such
on the unit, but shall not be less than three-
quarters (3/4) inch (20 mm).
801.2.2 For walk-in coolers, floor drains may be
as stills, sterilizers, and similar equipment requiring
waste connections and used for sterile materials shall
connected to a separate drainage line discharging be indirectly connected by means of an airgap. Each
into an outside receptor. The flood-level rim of such indirect waste pipe shall be separately piped to
the receptor shall be a minimum of six (6) inches the receptor and shall not exceed fifteen (15) feet
(152 mm) lower than the lowest floor drain. Such (4,572 mm). Such receptors shall be located in the
floor drains shall be trapped and individually same room.
801.6 Drip or Drainage Outlets. Appliances, devices,
vented. Cleanouts shall be provided at every
ninety (90) degree (1.6 rad) turn and shall be
accessibly located. Such waste shall discharge or apparatus not regularly classed as plumbing
through an airgap or airbreak into a trapped and fixtures, but which have drip or drainage outlets,
vented receptor, except that a full-size airgap is may be drained by indirect waste pipes discharging
required where the indirect waste pipe may be into an open receptor through either an airgap or
under vacuum. airbreak (see Section 801.2.1).
801.2.3 Food-preparation sinks, steam kettles,
potato peelers, ice cream dipper wells, and 802.0 Approvals.
similar equipment shall be indirectly connected No plumbing fixtures served by indirect waste pipes
to the drainage system by means of an airgap. or receiving discharge therefrom shall be installed
Bins, sinks, and other equipment having until first approved by the Authority Having
drainage connections and used for the storage of Jurisdiction.
unpackaged ice used for human ingestion, or

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803.0 Indirect Waste Piping. drainage system is adequately sized to accommodate

Except as hereinafter provided, the size and the anticipated discharge thereof.
construction of indirect waste piping shall be in
accordance with other sections of this code 806.0 Sterile Equipment.
applicable to drainage and vent piping. No vent
Appliances, devices, or apparatus such as stills,
from indirect waste piping shall combine with any
sterilizers, and similar equipment requiring water
sewer-connected vent, but shall extend separately to
and waste and used for sterile materials shall be
the outside air. Indirect waste pipes exceeding five
drained through an airgap.
(5) feet (1524 mm), but less than fifteen (15) feet

807.0 Appliances.
(4,572 mm) in length shall be directly trapped, but
such traps need not be vented.
Indirect waste pipes less than fifteen (15) feet 807.1 Appliances, devices, equipment, or other
(4,572 mm) in length shall not be less than the apparatus not regularly classed as plumbing fixtures,
diameter of the drain outlet or tailpiece of the fixture, which are equipped with pumps, drips, or drainage
appliance, or equipment served, and in no case less outlets, may be drained by indirect waste pipes
than one-half (1/2) inch (15 mm) in size. Angles and discharging into an approved type of open receptor.
changes of direction in such indirect waste pipes 807.2 When the condensate waste from air-
shall be provided with cleanouts so as to permit conditioning coils discharges by direct connection to
flushing and cleaning. a lavatory tailpiece or to an approved accessible inlet
on a bathtub overflow, the connection shall be
804.0 Indirect Waste Receptors. located in the area controlled by the same person
804.1 All plumbing fixtures or other receptors
controlling the air-conditioned space.
receiving the discharge of indirect waste pipes shall be 807.3 When undiluted condensate waste from a fuel-
approved for the use proposed and shall be of such burning condensing appliance is discharged into the
shape and capacity as to prevent splashing or flooding drainage system, the material in the drainage system
and shall be located where they are readily accessible shall be cast iron, galvanized iron, plastic, or other
for inspection and cleaning. No standpipe receptor for materials approved for this use.
any clothes washer shall extend more than thirty (30) Exceptions:
inches (762 mm), nor less than eighteen (18) inches (1) When the above condensate is discharged to
(457 mm) above its trap. No trap for any clothes an exposed fixture tailpiece and trap, such
washer standpipe receptor shall be installed below the tailpiece and trap may be brass.
floor, but shall be roughed in not less than six (6)
inches (152 mm) and not more than eighteen (18) (2) Any materials approved in Section 701.0
inches (457 mm) above the floor. No indirect waste may be used when data is provided that the
receptor shall be installed in any toilet room, closet, condensate waste is adequately diluted.

807.4 No domestic dishwashing machine shall be

cupboard, or storeroom, nor in any other portion of a
building not in general use by the occupants thereof;
except standpipes for clothes washers may be directly connected to a drainage system or food
installed in toilet and bathroom areas when the waste disposer without the use of an approved
clothes washer is installed in the same room. dishwasher airgap fitting on the discharge side of the
804.2 Where water service connections are installed
dishwashing machine. Listed airgaps shall be
installed with the flood-level (FL) marking at or
for a clothes washer, an approved method of waste
above the flood level of the sink or drainboard,
disposal shall be provided.
whichever is higher.

805.0 Pressure Drainage Connections.

808.0 Cooling Water.
Indirect waste connections shall be provided for When permitted by the Authority Having
drains, overflows, or relief vents from the water Jurisdiction, clean running water used exclusively as a
supply system, and no piping or equipment carrying
cooling medium in an appliance, device, or apparatus
wastes or producing wastes or other discharges
may discharge into the drainage system through the
under pressure shall be directly connected to any
part of the drainage system. inlet side of a fixture trap in the event that a suitable
fixture is not available to receive such discharge. Such
The foregoing shall not apply to any approved
trap connection shall be by means of a pipe connected
sump pump or to any approved pressure-wasting
to the inlet side of an approved fixture trap, the upper
plumbing fixture or device when the Authority
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adjacent, and not less than six (6) inches (152 mm) thereto when the normal water level of such boiler or
above the overflow rim of the fixture. boilers is reduced not less than four (4) inches (102 mm).

809.0 Drinking Fountains. TABLE 8-1

Drinking fountains may be installed with indirect Pipe Connections in Blowoff
wastes. Condensers and Sumps
Boiler Blowoff Water Outlet Vent
810.0 Steam and Hot Water Drainage Condensers
and Sumps.
810.1 No steam pipe shall be directly connected to
3/4 in.* (20 mm) 3/4 in.* (20 mm) 2 in. (50 mm)

any part of a plumbing or drainage system, nor shall 1 in. (25 mm) 1 in. (25 mm) 2-1/2 in. (65 mm)
any water having a temperature above one hundred 1-1/4 in. (32 mm) 1-1/4 in. (32 mm) 3 in. (80 mm)
and forty (140)°F (60°C) be discharged under 1-1/2 in. (40 mm) 1-1/2 in. (40 mm) 4 in. (100 mm)
pressure directly into any part of a drainage system.
2 in. (50 mm) 2 in. (50 mm) 5 in. (125 mm)
Pipes from boilers shall discharge by means of
indirect waste piping, as determined by the 2-1/2 in. (65 mm) 2-1/2 in. (65 mm) 6 in. (150 mm)
Authority Having Jurisdiction or the boiler
manufacturer’s recommendations. Such pipes may *To be used only with boilers of 100 square feet (9.29
be indirectly connected by discharging into an open m2) of heating surface or less.
or closed condenser or an intercepting sump of an
approved type that will prevent the entrance of 810.4 Strainers. Every indirect waste interceptor
steam or such water under pressure into the receiving discharge-containing particles that would
drainage system. All closed condensers or sumps clog the receptor drain shall have a readily
shall be provided with a vent that shall be taken off removable beehive strainer.
the top and extended separately, full size above the

811.0 Chemical Wastes.

roof. All condensers and sumps shall be properly
trapped at the outlet with a deep seal trap extending
to within six (6) inches (152 mm) of the bottom of the 811.1 Chemical or industrial liquid wastes that are
tank. The top of the deep seal trap shall have a three- likely to damage or increase maintenance costs on the
fourths (3/4) inch (19.1 mm) opening located at the
sanitary sewer system, detrimentally affect sewage
highest point of the trap to serve as a siphon breaker.
treatment, or contaminate surface or subsurface waters
Outlets shall be taken off from the side in such a
shall be pretreated to render them innocuous prior to
manner as to allow a waterline to be maintained that
will permanently occupy not less than one-half (1/2) discharge into a drainage system. Detailed plans and
the capacity of the condenser or sump. All inlets specifications of the pretreatment facilities shall be
shall enter above the waterline. Wearing plates or required by the Authority Having Jurisdiction.
baffles shall be installed in the tank to protect the Piping conveying industrial, chemical, or
shell. The sizes of the blowoff line inlet, the water process wastes from their point of origin to sewer-
outlets, and the vent shall be as shown in Table 8-1. connected pretreatment facilities shall be of such
The contents of condensers receiving steam or hot material and design as to adequately perform its
water under pressure must pass through an open intended function to the satisfaction of the Authority
sump before entering the drainage system.
810.2 Sumps, condensers, or intercepting tanks that
Having Jurisdiction. Drainage discharge piping from
pretreatment facilities or interceptors shall conform
are constructed of concrete shall have walls and to standard drainage installation procedures.
bottom not less than four (4) inches (102 mm) in
Copper tube shall not be used for chemical or
thickness, and the inside shall be cement plastered
industrial wastes as defined in this section.
811.2 Each waste pipe receiving or intended to receive
not less than one-half (1/2) inch (12.7 mm) in
thickness. Condensers constructed of metal shall be
not less than No. 12 U.S. standard gauge (0.109 inch) the discharge of any fixture into which acid or
(2.77 mm), and all such metal condensers shall be corrosive chemical is placed, and each vent pipe
protected from external corrosion by an approved connected thereto, shall be constructed of PP, PVDF,
bituminous coating. chemical-resistant glass, high-silicon iron pipe, or lead
810.3 Sumps and condensers shall be provided with pipe with a wall thickness of not less than one-eighth
suitable means of access for cleaning and shall (1/8) inch (3.2 mm); an approved type of ceramic
contain a volume of not less than twice the volume of glazed or unglazed vitrified clay; or other approved
water removed from the boiler or boilers connected corrosion-resistant materials.

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811.3 All jointing materials shall be of approved TABLE 8-2

type and quality. Minimum Condensate Pipe Size
811.4 Wherever practicable, all piping shall be
readily accessible and installed with the maximum of Equipment Capacity Minimum Condensate
clearance from other services. in Tons of Pipe Diameter
811.5 The owner shall make and keep a permanent Refrigeration (kW) in Inches (mm)
record of the location of all piping and venting
carrying chemical waste.
811.6 No chemical vent shall intersect vents for other Up to 20 (Up to 70.34) 3/4 (20)
services. 21–40 (73.85–140.67) 1 (25)
811.7 Chemical wastes shall be discharged in a 41–90 (144.19–316.6) 1-1/4 (32)
manner approved by the Authority Having 91–125 (320.03–439.6) 1-1/2 (40)
Jurisdiction.
811.8 The provisions in this section relative to
126–250 (443.12–879.2) 2 (50)

materials and methods of construction shall not

apply to installations such as photographic or X-ray The size of condensate waste pipes may be for
dark rooms or research or control laboratories one unit or a combination of units, or as
where minor amounts of adequately diluted recommended by the manufacturer. The capacity of
chemicals are discharged. waste pipes assumes a one-eighth (1/8) inch per foot
(10.5 mm/m) or one percent slope, with the
812.0 Clear Water Wastes. following pipe conditions:
Water lifts, expansion tanks, cooling jackets,
sprinkler systems, drip or overflow pans, or similar Outside Air – 20% Room Air – 80%
devices that discharge clear wastewater into the DB WB DB WB
building drainage system shall discharge through an
indirect waste. 90°F 73°F 75°F 62.5°F
(32°C) (23°C) (24°C) (17°)
813.0 Swimming Pools.
Pipes carrying wastewater from swimming or Condensate drain sizing for other slopes or other
wading pools, including pool drainage and conditions shall be approved by the Authority
backwash from filters, shall be installed as an Having Jurisdiction.
indirect waste. Where a pump is used to discharge Air-conditioning waste pipes shall be con-
waste pool water to the drainage system, the pump structed of materials specified in Chapter 7.
814.3 Point of Discharge. Air-conditioning
discharge shall be installed as an indirect waste.

814.0 Condensate Wastes and Control.

condensate waste pipes shall connect indirectly to the

814.1 Condensate Disposal. Condensate from air

drainage system through an airgap or airbreak to a
properly trapped and vented receptors dry wells,
washers, air-cooling coils, fuel-burning condensing leach pits, or the tailpiece of plumbing fixtures.
appliances, the overflow from evaporative coolers, Condensate waste shall not drain over a public
and similar water-supplied equipment or similar air- way.
conditioning equipment shall be collected and
discharged to an approved plumbing fixture or
disposal area. If discharged into the drainage system,
equipment shall drain by means of an indirect waste
pipe. The waste pipe shall have a slope of not less
than 1/8 inch per foot (10.5 mm/m) or one percent
slope and shall be of approved corrosion-resistant
material not smaller than the outlet size as required
in Table 8-2 for air-cooling coils or condensing
fuel-burning appliances, respectively. Condensate or
wastewater shall not drain over a public way.
814.2 Size. Air-conditioning condensate waste pipes
shall be independent of any drainage and waste
system and shall not be smaller than shown in Table
8-2.

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