Drainage works, Sewerage, Sanitary & Plumbing, Water service

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Pg No. Clause Title Description Remark/Tests
No.

MW/19/10, a).The test shall commence one hour after filling the test
485 19.9.1 Drainage Works
Pg.495 section at which time the level of
water at the vertical feed pipe shall be made up to produce
the required 1500mm minimum test head. b).The loss of
water over a thirty-minute period shall be measured by
Hydrostatic Pressure Test of Pipeworks
adding water at regular ten-minute intervals to maintain the
original water level and recording the amounts so added.
Sewerage, c).The drain will pass the test if the volume of
MW/20/9 Pg
494 20.5.7 Sanitary & water added does not exceed four litres per hour per 6
494
Plumbing metres of drain per 50mm of nominal internal diameter.

Sewerage,
MW/20/5 Test water tightness at the slab penetrations of water
490 20.4.6 Sanitary & Ponding test
Pg.490 closets, floor wastes, floor traps and gully traps
Plumbing

a).Test to at least twice the anticipated system working

pressure. b).test pressure shall
be measured at the lowest point of the installation or
MW/21/7
503 21.6 section being tested and shall be held for a period of not Hydrostatic Pressure Test of Pipeworks
Pg.503
less than 24 hours. c).The test pressure shall not be
observed to reduce by more than 5% and there shall not be
any leakage.
Water service

All water tanks shall be filled up for testing of water

MW/21/8
540 21.7.4 tightness after erection and shall show no signs of leakage Water tightness test of water tanks
Pg.508
over a continuous test period of 96 hours.