Installation, field testing, and maintenance of fire hydrants.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

AWWA Standards Committee on Fire Hydrants.

Series:

AWWA manual ; M17.

AWWA manual ; M17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hydrants.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 p.)

Edition:

4th ed.

Place of Publication:

Denver, Colo. : American Water Works Association, c2006.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Updated from the 1989 edition, this new edition provides the latest information distribution operators need to have about fire hydrants: design, installation, and maintenance practices. Using the easy-to-follow flow-testing procedures included, one can quickly obtain valuable distribution system information. This manual also traces the development of wet-barrel and dry-barrel styles and contains detailed instructions for installation and testing. The updated appendices feature new, updated diagrams of hydrant models, definitions, and record-keeping forms.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Figures""; ""Tables""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""1 A Brief History of Fire Hydrants""; ""2 Dry-Barrel Hydrants: Definitions and Preferred Nomenclature""; ""3 Wet-Barrel Hydrants: Definitions and Preferred Nomenclature""; ""4 Inspection, Installation, Testing, and Placing the Hydrant in Service""; ""5 Maintenance""; ""6 Flow Tests""; ""A Illustrated Guide to Dry-Barrel and Wet-Barrel Hydrant Nomenclature""; ""Bibliography""; ""Index""; ""AWWA Manuals""

Notes:

"Prepared by the AWWA Standards Committee on Fire Hydrants"--Foreword.

"Science and technology."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118) and index.

ISBN:

1-61300-027-8

1-61583-828-7

OCLC:

922966805