§370.APPENDIX C. Table No. 3 – Air Test Table for Sanitary Sewer Leakage Testing*  


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  • SPECIFICATION TIME (MIN:SEC) REQUIRED FOR PRESSURE DROP

    FROM 3½ TO 2½ PSIG WHEN TESTING ONE PIPE DIAMETER ONLY

    Length of Sewer Pipe In Feet

     

    PIPE DIAMETER, INCHES

    4

    6

    8

    10

    12

    15

    18

    21

    24

    25

    0:04

    0:10

    0:28

    0:28

    0:40

    1:02

    1:29

    2:01

    2:38

    50

    0:09

    0:20

    0:35

    0:55

    1:19

    2:04

    2:58

    4:03

    5:17

    75

    0:13

    0:30

    0:53

    1:23

    1:59

    3:06

    4:27

    6:04

    7:55

    100

    0:18

    0:40

    1:10

    1:50

    2:38

    4:08

    5:56

    8:05

    10:34

    125

    0:22

    0:50

    1:28

    2:18

    3:18

    5:09

    7:26

    9:55

    11:20

    150

    0:26

    0:59

    1:46

    2:45

    3:58

    6:11

    8:30

     

     

    175

    0:31

    1:09

    2:03

    3:13

    4:37

    7:05

     

     

     

    200

    0:35

    1:19

    2:21

    3:40

    5:17

     

     

     

    12:06

    225

    0:40

    1:29

    2:38

    4:08

    5:40

     

     

    10:25

    13:36

    250

    0:44

    1:39

    2:56

    4:35

     

     

    8:31

    11:35

    15:07

    275

    0:48

    1:49

    3:14

    4:43

     

     

    9:21

    12:44

    16:38

    300

    0:53

    1:59

    3:31

     

     

     

    10:12

    13:53

    18:09

    350

    1:02

    2:19

    3:47

     

     

    8:16

    11:54

    16:12

    21.10

    400

    1:10

    2:38

     

     

    6:03

    9:27

    13:36

    18:31

    24:12

    450

    1:19

    2:50

     

     

    6:48

    10:38

    15:19

    20:50

    27:13

    500

    1:28

     

     

    5:14

    7:34

    11:49

    17:01

    23:09

    30:14

     

    *From Standard Specifications for Water and Sewer Main Construction in Illinois, Fourth Edition, May, 1986.  (Copies may be obtained from Illinois Society of Professional Engineers, Springfield, Illinois 62704.)

     

    (Source:  Amended at 21 Ill. Reg. 12444, effective August 28, 1997)