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Rising main

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(Waterworks) the pipe through which water from an engine is delivered to an elevated reservoir.

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Scope of work will include two 21 million-gallon reinforced concrete (RC) reservoirs, four 25 million-gallon RC reservoirs, a pump house and 3,000 m of 1,200-mm-diameter rising mains.
An Environment Agency Wales spokesman added: "A burst rising main in Rhuddlan was discharging raw sewage into the River Clwyd.
Water supply pipes can be run like spaghetti around the house, but in the North East we normally run our cold water direct from the rising mains because we generally have good water pressure.
 
 
 
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