Madera County |
Code of Ordinances |
Title 13. WATER AND SEWERS |
II. - SEWAGE DISPOSAL |
Chapter 13.72. COMMUNITY SEWER SYSTEMS—STANDARDS OF DESIGN |
§ 13.72.020. Inverted siphons.
Latest version.
Pressure conduits (inverted siphons) with the soffit depressed below the hydraulic grade line shall be permitted only where it can be shown that scouring velocities can be maintained over the wide range of flows subject to the approval of the county engineer. Under no conditions shall the velocity be less than three feet per second. Inverted siphons shall have not less than two barrels with a minimum pipe size of not less than six inches diameter.
(Ord. 279 § 121, 1963).