ParkUSA provides interpretation and insights into changes of the current IPC & UPC plumbing codes.

1. Precast Concrete Products
Catchbasins / Inlets
Concrete Pipe
Manholes / Wet Wells
Sewage Treatment Systems
Bar Screen Structures
Macerator / Grinder Pumps
Acid Neutralization Systems
Grease Interceptors
Oil-Water Separators
Heliport Separators
Sand-Oil Interceptors
Lint Interceptors
StormTrooper Stormwater Interceptors
Meter Vault Assemblies
Fire Service Assemblies
Backflow Prevention Assemblies
Water Storage Tanks
Washrack Reclaim Tanks
Houston 713-937-7602
Pump Lift Stations
Dallas 972-263-0222
Wastewater Flumes
San Antonio 210-227-7275
Wats 888-611-PARK
Aboveground Fuel Tanks
www.park-usa.com
Underground Vaulted Tanks
www.storm-trooper.com
pschrum@park-usa.com

2. Our goal is to understand the design and code
requirements of every product sold

3. This would be best
position for this
Lunch n’ Learn

5. AutoCad and Sizing 24/7

6. Engineering Reference Materials

7. Catalogs & CD’s

8. Technical Presentation Qualification Test
Very tricky arithmetic! Note: This must be done in your head
only.
Do NOT use paper and pencil or a calculator. Try it.
Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000 . Now add
30.
Add another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000
Now add 10 What is the total?
Did you get 5000?

9. Building a “Green” World
Takes Everyone Working as a Team
…and seems to be the focus of every city

10. Park Environmental Equipment
Household wastes
drain directly into
Sanitary Sewer
with no additional
treatment.
Public Awareness
is the only
Solution!

11. But,
Commercial
Buildings
Must collect and treat
fats, oils, grease (FOG)
solids and chemicals
before they leave the
owner’s property.
Why do all major cities have a “FOG” program?

12. Who is paying for the program?

13. SSOs New Issue Past 3 years

14. EPA Inspectors are looking close-typically find grease problems
(Tulsa was fined $250k by EPA for SSO’s?)

15. EPA Inspectors are looking close-typically find grease problems

16. Summary to Congress - SSOs

17. Back to Houston- SSOs

18. Back to Houston- SSOs

19. Back to Houston- SSOs

20. Houston Call 3-1-1 Program

21. Call 3-1-1

22. It’s really hard to keep up!
Green Building Code, EPA, TCEQ
Flood Water Control? Storm Water Quality?
Illicit Wash Down? Grease? Sand/Grit? Oil/Water? Solids? Lint?…
What should drain to Sanitary?
What should drain to Storm?
Who Designs Which BMP?
Let’s Test the group…

23. Talking Some Dumpster Juice
With Lunch

24. Parkusa TrashCeptor
Covered Area or Uncovered?

25. Grit/Oil Interceptors now required at Parking Garages
for power washing operations
If no Grit/Oil Interceptor is Grit/Oil
installed, Power Washers Interceptor
must vacuum up & transport
all water dispensed.

27. OKC SWQ issues a permit and registration certificate after the applicant
pays all applicable fees. Good for 1 year

28. BMP for Parking Garages-clear in Houston

29. Parking Garage Cleaning/Washing Seminar
May 14, 2007

30. GoTrooper Grit/Oil Interceptor
is BMP
Precast for New Construction
Steel for Existing Sites

31. Elevator Separators Requirements

32. Regulated by TDLR

33. Each Shaft 3,000/hr (or 50 gpm)

34. Elevator Separators – now in IPC-2006, 09’

35. Park Interceptors are found in Elevator Shafts (unless in Houston)
Each Hydraulic Elevator
Shaft must have an
automatic sump pump rated
for 50 gpm that discharges
into an approved oil/water
separator.

36. Pick up Elevader Line Sheet

37. Precast, Steel or Composite
Concrete for Below Ground Steel for Above Ground

38. Complete System including Controls
Above Ground Below Ground

39. New Subject!
Planning for Decontamination Wastewater
From Homeland Security – Post 9/11
Plan to Design for:
•Chemical Warfare Agents
•Biological Disease
•Radioactive Materials
•Compounds used in the
decontaminations process

40. OSHA Regulations
 Decontamination shall be performed in
geographical areas that will minimize
the exposure of uncontaminated
employees or equipment to
contaminated employees or equipment.
 Includes all operations involving
hazardous waste that are conducted at
treatment, storage, disposal (TSD)
facilities
Where does this Wastewater Drain?

41. Park Decontamination Tanks
……Designed as BMPs for:
 Hospitals
 Industrial Plants
 Research Laboratories
 Educational Institutions DeconTanx .c o m
Airports/Transportation Hubs
D e c o n ta m i n a t io n W a s t e Ta n k

 Chemical Manufacturers
 Nuclear Facilities
 Port Authorities
 Fire/Safety Training

42. DeconTanx
D e c o n ta m i n a t io n W a s t e Ta n k
.c o m
Installation

43. Decontamination Codes (treat or hold?)
IPC 2006
UPC 2006

46. Under Submittal for Ellington AFB – Coast Guard
To flush toilets and urinals

47. Rainwater Harvesting
Irrigation, Custodial, Laundries, Plumbing

48. Rainwater Harvesting
Booster Pump Systems

49. “Exactly what was your subject, Pat”?

50. Basics of All Sanitary
Sewer Interceptor Design
We know for commercial design:
It shall be UNLAWFUL for any industrial user to discharge into the
public sewer:
Two Most Important!
1. Free or emulsified oil & grease over an average of 100-400 (mg/l)
2. Acids or Alkalis which attack or corrode sewers or sewage disposal
structures or have a pH value lower than 5.0 or higher than 11.0

51. A cid Neutralizing

Devicesforward language
IPC, UPC 2006, 09, 2012 have updated straight
on Acid Neutralization
 Found under Indirect Wastes in Chapter 8 of the plumbing
codes
UPC 2006
IPC 2009

52. pH is kept Neutral (7.0) with Limestone Rock
Corroded Pipe
Sample
Well
Acid Resistive
Piping
Acid Tanks found at:
• School Science Labs
Limestone
Rock
• Morgues (Funeral Homes)
• Hospitals
LA BTA N K TM
A c id N e u t r a liz a t io n S y s t e m s
• Chemical Plants
• Battery Storage

53. pH Neutralization System Sizing
p H M O N IT O R IN G
CO N TR O L PA NE L ACC ESS H ATCH F IN IS H E D G R A D E
M T D IN B L D G
O SHA LADDER
S A M P L IN G
TA N K A C ID W A S T E
P IP IN G
O UTLET IN L E T
T O C IT Y pH PROBE
SEW ER FRO M BLD G
LAB W ASTE
C H E M IC A L
pH PRO BE ROCK
 Sized by number of lab stations W ET SUM P H O U S E K E E P IN G
PAD
x 2 gpm per station
 20 lab stations = 40 gpm
 100 lbs rock = 1 cu ft P R E C A S T C O N C R E T E VA U LT
(S E C O N D A R Y C O N T A IN M E N T )
 40 gpm / 7.48 cu ft/gal = 29.9 cu
ft of rock needed
 Build unit to hold 3000 lbs rock
(30 bags)
LA BTA N K TM
A c id N e u t r a liz a t io n S y s t e m s

54.  Choose Liner w/ LA BTA N K TM
A c id N e u tr a liz a tio n S y s te m s
Resistivity Chart
Recommendations Facility MSDS Sheets

55. LA BTA N K TM
pH Neutralization Systems A c id N e u tr a liz a tio n S y s te m s
Ceramic Brick Liner – Cadillac of LabTanks
LA BTA N K TM
A c id N e u tr a liz a tio n S y s t e m s

56. pH Neutralization Systems
Polypropylene Monitoring System
LA BTA N K TM
A c id N e u t r a liz a t io n S y s te m s

57. pH Neutralization Systems
Cast in Polyethylene Liner
Interior
Exterior
Both
LA BTA N K TM
A c id N e u tr a liz a tio n S y s te m s

58. pH Neutralization Systems
Fiberglass (FRP) Liner

59. pH Neutralization Systems

60. Remember Coatings!
Park can apply exotic coatings

61. Remember Coatings!
ParkUSA can apply exotic coatings

62. Park sells the Media for Acid Tanks
ask for LabRox

63. “We’ve heard the codes are all alike now”
Installation

64. Nearly all Tx, Ok, Ak, La Cities are
IPC, 2000, 2003, 2006 or 2009
 San Antonio - Adopted IPC January 2010
(Watch Amendments though - UPC)
 Austin - Still UPC
 Houston - Still UPC
(Watch Amendments though - IPC)

65. So, what’s the confusion?

66. C onfus ion over Names of
G reas e Traps
Grease Interceptors Names IPC & UPC since 2000
 Grease Trap
 Mechanical Trap
 Grease Interceptors
 Automatic Grease Removal Device (GRDs)
 Gravity Grease Interceptors
 Hydromechanical Grease Interceptors
 New! FOG Interceptors
A Confusing Mess!

67. The confusion is IPC can’t settle on name for grease interceptors
IPC/UPC 2000 & 2003 called them Grease Traps tested to PDI-101
IPC 2006 and 2009
2. Grease Interceptors
2012 IPC finally changes these to “Hydromechanical”
2. Automatic Grease Removal Device
(there is no name for the most popular “outdoor” Grease Interceptor)
UPC 2006 and 2009
9. Hydromechanical Grease Interceptors
10.Gravity Grease Interceptors
IPC 2015
1. FOG (Fats, Oils, and Greases) System

68. What happen to the ole “ They picked everyone but us ?
Concrete Grease Trap by
???
IPC 2006 & 2009

69. The “Fallout” when this happens…
Cities have to amend the Codes

70. Hydromechanical
IPC-Grease Interceptors
 The mechanical grease trap is
often installed in a kitchen area by
the sink (but should be designed
away from any food handling)
 Key! Flow control
devices (orifices)
 Serviced by the kitchen employees
rather than professionals
 Manufactures recommend daily
cleaning due to the small size
 PDI – G101 Tested

71. Gravity Feed Interceptors - Installation

72. Gravity Feed Interceptors – Steel
Aboveground Application

73. Gravity Feed Interceptors - Composite

75. Uniform Plumbing Code DFU Sizing - Houston
Gravity Grease Interceptors

76. Gravity Grease Interceptors (no flow control)
#1 Principle for separation:
Retention Time
 Retention 12 – 30 mins.
 Cool-down of grease in water
Outlet to
promotes separation and
sewer
coagulation
Inlet
2nd 1st
Chamber Chamber
Transfer
Pipe

77. Finally! After 5 years of pressure from AHJs
2009 IPC
2012 IPC

78. More Good News for IPC – Coming in 2015
Approved as Submitted to IPC Committee – still must pass Assembly

79. ASME A112.14.6-2010

80. What’s Coming?
Monitoring and Lined Tanks for concrete

81. “Enough of that……..”

82. Grease Interceptor Sizing – IPC/BMP Meals or Seating Method

83. Grease Interceptor Sizing – UPC DFU Method

84. Exceptions to Standard Sizing
High School Cafeterias
Central Food Processing Plants
Prisons
Concessions at Stadiums
Large Mall Cafeterias
Donut Shops
Call Park Engineering

85. Restaurant Grease Interceptor Application
 Kitchen sinks, dishwashers, soup
kettles, handwashing sinks, mop sinks
and floor drains should be piped to the
grease interceptor located at least 10’
away.
 Water temperature must be less than
120 degrees
 COH Amendments require Sample Well
hen
K i tc
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S am p
Grease Well
Interceptor
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ty

86. 2006 & 2009 IPC/UPC Food Waste Grinder - Solids Interceptor Issue
Clearly for Hydromechanical

87. 2010 Houston City Amendment
San Antonio City Amendment

88. Solids Interceptors
IPC & UPC cover Solids in new codes

89. Solids Interceptors
Lint Screens
Solids Baskets
•Ag Barns
•Zoos
•Rodeo Arenas
•Sea World?

90. Lint Interceptors
IPC 2006 and 2009
COH 2010 Amendment

91. Lint Screen Designs – Most Popular
Old UPC Appendix H
1. Washateria with 5 to 10 washing machines –
LT-500, 500 Gallon Capacity
2. Washateria with 11 to 20 washing machines –
LT-1000, 1,000 Gallon Capacity
3. Washateria with 21 to 30 washing machines –
LT-1500, 1,500 Gallon Capacity
Just add lint screen

92. Car Wash Application
Sand/Mud Interceptor
Carwash
Drain
pipin
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sew Interceptor
city
to
COH still requires
750 gal min

93. Maintenance Departments
Oil/Water Separators
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94. Park Coalescing Plate Packs
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95. Computer Analyzed Plate Design
Based on Stokes’ Law
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Oil Water Interceptor

96. Park Heliport Separator
Separator

97. Park Heliport Separator
Separator

98. Park Heliport Separator
Separator

99. Pre-Assembled Pump Lift Stations & Valve
Assemblies
Storm Water
Non Clog (Myers, Flygt, KSB, Goulds, Hydromatic)
Top Mount Turbines (Hydro-flo)
Axial Flow Submersibles (Flygt, Hydro-flo)
Vertical Turbines
Suction Pump Systems
Sanitary Sewer
Non Clog
Grinder
Submersible
Design –Call Park Engineering
Design GMP
TDH
Elevations/TOG (if known)
Pipe Size/Type
Park will design Lift Station & Controls then send
design engineer a drawing.

100. PumpSpex Lift Station Design Software

101. Separator &
Fuel Tank

102. Protected Fuel Tanks (steel w/ concrete secondary
Toughest Environmental Tank in the Industry.
 SwRI 95-03 Multi-Hazard Rated
 UL 2085, Protected Tank
 Meets NFPA 30/30A
 UFC Appendix A-II-F1(79-7)
 4-Hour Fire Rated

103. SuperVault Multihazard Fuel Tanks
Rectangular Designs from 500 – 2,000 gallons

104. SuperVault Accessories

105. Park Break Tanks

106. Up-Coming Technologies for
ParkUSA
• Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
• HB1831 & HB4409
• Requires CHP feasibility studies in critical government
buildings
• Education Webinars offered on a regular basis

107. FracPod
•Water storage for hydro-
fracturing operations
Solar Water Heaters

108. Park as a BMP
“Expect the Best”… With one call to Park, expect that your
project will run smoothly from start to finish.
From the design and specifications to submittals,
manufacturing and final inspections, let Park provide
solutions for your next projects.
Questions?

109. Park Correctional Facility Bar Screens
and Macerators

110. Park Correctional Facility Bar Screens
and Macerators

111. Macerator Assemblies
 In-Line Grinder “Sewer Chewer” “Muffin Monster”
 Grinds high solid concentrations that clog system
 Prisons where inmates sometimes stuff towels, shoes, sheets down
toilets to intentionally flood a cell block

113. Types of Water Meters
 Positive Displacement
 Turbine
 Compound
 Combination
 Propeller
tm
 Mag Meter

114. Water Meter Types
Positive Displacement
Meter (Disc)
 ..Measures low flow typically
associated with residential and
light commercial. The available
sizes are 5/8” through 2”.
tm

115. Water Meter Types
Turbine Meter
 Turbine meters are designed for
domestic or fire service
applications where the flow is
consistently moderate to high.
Turbine meters are available in
sizes of 2” through 16”.
tm

116. Turbine Meter Assembly
High Flow Commercial
 Processing Plants
 Manufacturing Facilities
 Lawn Sprinkler Systems
 Effluent Water in
Treatment Plants
 Booster Pump Stations
 Inter-Systems Sale or
Transfer
 Sewer Credit/Sub-Meter
tm

117. Water Meter Types
Fire Service Turbine Meter
 For fire service applications, a
fire turbine water meter with a
6:1 UL/FM strainer is used.
tm

118. Fire Service Turbine Meter Assembly
 Level Controlled Break
Tank Filling
 Fire Hydrants for
Private Fire Loops
 Fire Sprinkler Line
tm

119. Water Meter Types
Compound Meter
 Positive displacement meter and a
turbine meter.
 Designed where large variations in
flow anticipated.
 Typical applications include
schools, hospitals, hotels,
shopping centers
 Designs where flow demands vary
from fractional gallons to large
peak-hour demands.
 Compound meters are available in
sizes of 2” through 6”.
tm

120. Compound Meter Assembly
 High Occupancy Facilities
Hotels & Motels
Hospitals
Schools
Restaurants
Office Buildings
Dorms, Nursing Homes
Dept Stores, Malls
 Remember 6” Limitation
tm

121. Water Meter Types
Combination Meter
 The combination meter , similar to
a compound meter
 Domestic and fire service
 Again, designed where large
variations in flow is anticipated.
 BUT! Used in designs where pipe
size exceeds 6”
tm

122. UL/FM Combination Meter Assembly
 What kind of Service ---Fire
or Domestic?
 What kind of strainer---3:1
or 6:1?
 What size water distribution
line---at least ______?
 What kind of maintenance
valves? OS&Y or NRS?
tm

123. Multi-Service Meter Assembly
Meter #2
Meter #1
 What type meters on each line?
 Domestic or Fire?
 Type Installation---school,
hospital, hotel? Why?
tm

124.  Domestic or Fire Application? Propeller Meter
 Why two registers and two
strainers?
 High accuracy required
 High and Constant Flow, where low
flow never occurs
 Sizes ranging from 3” to 36”
 Interconnects Meters for Cities and
MUDs
tm

125. Propeller Meter Assembly
 Typically two water
purveyors (sources)
 Industrial Plants
 Manufacturing
Facilities
tm

126. Propeller Meter Assembly
 Different type propeller meter
 Note the register. This type
has two readers in same
register compartment
 Note large plate strainer units
tm

127. Mag Meters
•Need 120 volt service
•Or Solar design
 Recently very popular
 No moving parts
 Highly accurate
tm

128. Mag Meters Assembly
tm

129. Mag Meters Assembly (Solar Design)
tm

130. Cross Connection Control
When and why do Civil Engineers specify
Backflow Assemblies?

131. Why and Who? It’s the law
Water Purveyor
Health Department
Plumbing Official (approves engineered designs)
Manufacturer (provides tested and right type assembly)
Consumer (continued testing by certified backflow tester)

132. Two Types of Backflow
2. Back Siphonage - Loss of pressure
below Atmospheric Pressure (water hose
left in soapy water bucket)
3. Back Pressure – any elevation of
pressure in the downstream piping (by
pump, elevation of piping, or stream and/
or air pressures

133. Types of Backflow Preventers
 Air Gap
 Vacuum Breaker
 Double Check
 Detector Check
 Reduced Pressure Principle

134. Backflow Preventer Types
Air Gap

135. Backflow Preventer Types
Vacuum Breakers
 Two Types: Atmospheric &
Pressure Type (testable)
 Used on on Non-Potable
Water Applications Where it
is Not Subject to
Backpressure

136. Backflow Preventer Types
Double Check Backflow Preventer
 Used on closed loop systems
typically on fire service lines
 Where no other access to
water for pubic use may be
accessed (valves, hose
closets, etc)

137. Backflow Preventer Types
Detector Check Backflow Preventer
 Similar to the Double
Check Backflow except
with Detector Meter to
Detect Unauthorized
water use and leakage.
 Detector meters detect
usage of 5 gpm or less.
 Fire hydrants, hose
cabinets, break tanks,
construction sights.

138. Reduced Pressure Zone Backflow Preventer
(RPZ)
 When contaminants
could be a Toxic or
Hazardous
 Chemical Plants
 Funeral Homes
 Schools (labs)
 Cities are requiring in
more and more
Relief Valve applications

139. RPZ Backflow Preventer “N” Pattern
 Different design RPZ
providing smaller
footprint

140. Combination Pressure Reducing & Pressure
Sustaining Valve
 Used to automatically
reduce downstream
pressure and sustain a
minimum pressure
regardless of the
demand.

141. Water Transmission Line w/ Turbine Meter
and ACV

142. Water Transmission Line w/ Automatic
Control Valve (ACV) (freeze protection)

143. Water Transmission Line w/ Automatic
Control Valve (ACV) (freeze protection)

144. Altitude Valves