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SEPARATE SYSTEM [1 record]

Record 1 2011-05-19

English

Subject field(s)
  • Sewers and Drainage
DEF

A system of sewers and drains which has different conduits for sanitary wastewater and storm water.

DEF

Separate sewer system. A sewer system carrying sanitary wastewater and other water carried wastes from residences, commercial buildings, industrial plants, and institutions, together with minor quantities of groundstorm, and surface waters, that are not intentionally admitted.

OBS

In a combined system, it also carries stormwater.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Égouts et drainage
DEF

Système d'évacuation des eaux collectant séparément d'une part les eaux pluviales et d'autre part les eaux usées dans une agglomération.

CONT

La collecte des eaux se fait suivant deux types principaux de réseaux d'égouts [...] : le système séparatif, à égouts dédoublés et indépendants, l'un réservé aux eaux de ruissellement, l'autre pour l'effluent vanne des w.c. et les eaux usées; le système unitaire, à égout unique qui recueille et évacue l'ensemble des eaux de toute nature.

Key term(s)
  • égouts séparatifs

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Alcantarillas y drenaje
DEF

Conducto subterráneo de las aguas residuales y cloacales de un edificio.

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