Pump tank definition

Pump tank means a watertight structure equipped with one (1) or more pumps designed to discharge wastewater intermittently into a leachfield.
Pump tank means a watertight receptacle equipped with a pump and placed after a septic tank or other treatment component.
Pump tank means a watertight container with a capacity over 50 gallons which houses a pump or pump unit and associated appurtenances used to convey effluent or sewage. The capacity of a pump tank is measured at the normal high (pump start) operating level. The capacity of a tank housing a pump or used as a pump tank is not considered part of the treatment volume required for a septic tank for the purposes of these regulations.

Examples of Pump tank in a sentence

  • Pump tank – a tank, or dedicated section of a multi-compartment tank used to locate a pump that is used to distribute effluent to a drainfield, or other part of an onsite sewage treatment and disposal system.

  • Pump tank fire extinguishers shall be tested by pumping and discharging the con- tents, cleaning thoroughly, and then refilling or recharging.

  • Pump tank inlet, if used, including height and diameter of riser.

  • Pump tank installation shall be as required for septic tanks in Rule 26.9.

  • In addi- tion, the hand portable fire extin- guishers and semiportable fire extin- guishing systems shall be examined for excessive corrosion and general condi- tion.TABLE 71.25–20(a)(1)Type unitTestSoda acid .....................Foam ............................Pump tank (water or antifreeze).Discharge.


More Definitions of Pump tank

Pump tank means a Tank or chamber or pump that receives and temporarily stores Sewage or partially treated Sewage from which it is pumped or dosed. Pump Tanks include:
Pump tank means a watertight container with a capacity over 50 gallons which houses a pump or pump unit and associated appurtenances used to convey effluent or sewage.
Pump tank means a tank in which the dosing pumps or syphons are installed.
Pump tank means a watertight receptacle equipped with a pump and placed after a septic tank or other treatment component. "Pump vault" means a device installed in a septic or pump tank that houses a pump and screens effluent with 1/8 inch openings
Pump tank means a tank that contains pumping or dosing equipment.
Pump tank means a tank in which the dosing pumps or syphons are installed. “Chamber” means a domed open bottom structure that is used in lieu of perforated distribution pipe and gravel media.
Pump tank means a watertight structure equipped with one or more pumps designed to discharge wastewater intermittently into a leachfield.[Taken from definition ofDosing Tank”]