Cross-connections: causes, consequences, and cures
The physical principles involved in interconnecting two plumbing systems operating at different pressures were elucidated many years ago by the earliest students of hydraulics. It is obvious that water, or any other fluid, will flow from a point of higher pressure to one of lower pressure. Unfortunately, many people will create or tolerate cross-connections because of their confidence in continuance of expected pressures in the water distribution system. Appropriate remedial measures to eliminate cross-connections are presented. Primary emphasis is placed on cross-connections in an industrial environment. A cross-connection is any connection between two systems, one of which contains potable water and the other some nonpotable substance, and the nonpotable substance can enter the potable system.
- Research Organization:
- Los Alamos Scientific Lab., NM (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-36
- OSTI ID:
- 7316441
- Report Number(s):
- LA-6847-MS
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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