AS/NZS 3500.1.

2:1998
(Incorporating Amendment No. 1)
AS/NZS 3500.1.2

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 AS/NZS 3500.1.2:1998
This Joint Australian/New Zealand Standard was prepared by Joint Technical
Committee WS-014, National Plumbing and Drainage Code. It was approved on
behalf of the Council of Standards Australia on 14 November 1997 and on behalf of
the Council of Standards New Zealand on 5 December 1997. It was published on
5 February 1998.

The following are represented on Committee WS-014:

Association of Hydraulic Services Consultants Australia
AUSTAP
Australian Association of Certification Bodies
Australian Building Codes Board
Australian Chamber of Manufactures
Australian Gas Association
Brisbane Water
Department of Environment and Land Mangement, Tas.
Department of Lands Pl anning and Environment, N.T.
Department of Land and Water Conservation, N.S.W.
Department of Urban Services, A.C.T.
Electricity Supply Association of Australia
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Gas Appliance Manufacturers Association of Australia

Housing Industry Association, Australia
Master Builders Australia
Master Plumbers Australia
Metal Trades Industry Association of Australia
National Association Sanitary Pl umbing and Drainage Contractors, Australia
New Zealand Manufacturers Federation
New Zealand Society of Master Plumbers and Gasfitters
Plastics and Chemicals Industry Association, Australia
Plumbers, Gasfitters and Drainlayers Board of New Zealand
Plumbing Industry Board, Australia
Queensland Department of Local Government and Planning
South Australian Water Corporation
South Australian Health Commission
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 AS/NZS 3500.1.2:1998
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Originated in Australia as AS 3500.1—1990.

Final Australian edition AS 3500.1—1992.
Jointly revised and redesignated as AS/NZS 3500.1.2:1998.
Reissued incorporating Amendment No. 1 (August 2002).

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PREFACE

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CONTENTS

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FOREWORD . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

SECTION 1 SCOPE AND GENERAL

1.1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.3 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.4 CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.5 EQUIVALENT PIPE SIZES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
1.6 REQUIREMENTS FOR DISABLED PERSONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

SECTION 2 MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS

2.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.2 AUTHORIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
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2.3 SELECTION AND USE OF MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

2.4 LIMITS ON USE OF PIPES AND FITTINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
2.5 STORAGE TANK MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.6 JOINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
2.7 CONCRETE AND MORTAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
2.8 MISCELLANEOUS MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.9 SAFE TRAY AND SAFE WASTE MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
2.10 BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

SECTION 3 SIZING OF WATER SERVICES

3.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.2 FLOW REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.3 PRESSURE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
3.4 VELOCITY REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
3.5 PIPE SIZE LIMITATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

SECTION 4 CROSS-CONNECTION CONTROL AND BACKFLOW PREVENTION

4.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.2 PROTECTION OF POTABLE WATER SUPPLIES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
4.3 CROSS-CONNECTION HAZARD RATING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.4 PROVISION OF BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
4.5 SUITABILITY OF DEVICES FOR HAZARDS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
4.6 INSTALLATION OF BACKFLOW PREVENTION DEVICES . . . . . . . . . . 26

SECTION 5 INSTALLATION OF COLD WATER SERVICES

5.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.2 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS EARTHING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.3 PROXIMITY TO OTHER SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
5.4 ISOLATING VALVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
5.5 LOCATION AND ACCESS WITHIN AND UNDER BUILDINGS . . . . . . . 31
5.6 METHODS OF JOINTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
5.7 SUPPORT AND FIXING ABOVE GROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
5.8 STANDPIPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
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5.9 ANCHORAGE BELOW GROUND . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 37

5.10 DEPTH OF COVER IN PUBLIC AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 37
5.11 DEPTH OF COVER IN PRIVATE AREAS . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 37
5.12 BEDDING AND BACKFILL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 39
5.13 CONTAMINATED AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 40
5.14 CORROSIVE AREAS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 40
5.15 WATER-CHARGED OR FILLED GROUND . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 40
5.16 OPEN CHANNELS OR WATERCOURSES . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 40
5.17 PRIVATE EASEMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 40
5.18 DRY SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 40
5.19 FROST PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 41
5.20 GENERAL PRECAUTIONS FOR PLASTICS PIPES AND FITTINGS . . . . 42
5.21 IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 42
5.22 THERMOSTATIC MIXING VALVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ......... . . . . 42
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SECTION 6 FIRE SERVICES

6.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.2 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.3 MATERIALS AND PRODUCTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.4 INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.5 WATER SUPPLY TO A FIRE HYDRANT OR SPRINKLER SERVICE . . . 43
6.6 FIRE HYDRANTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.7 HOSE REELS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.8 FIRE SPRINKLER SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.9 WINDOW OR WALL DRENCHER SPRINKLER SYSTEM . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
6.10 WATER STORAGE TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.11 PRESSURE REDUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.12 PUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
6.13 IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44

SECTION 7 IRRIGATION AND LAWN-WATERING SYSTEMS

7.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.2 SYSTEM TYPES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.3 BACKFLOW PROTECTION REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
7.4 MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45

SECTION 8 WATER STORAGE TANKS

8.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
8.2 PURPOSE OF TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
8.3 TANK MATERIALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
8.4 INSTALLATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
8.5 TANK DESIGN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
8.6 CAPACITY OF STORAGE TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
8.7 INLET PIPING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.8 OUTLET PIPING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.9 SLUDGE VALVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.10 FIRE SERVICES TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
8.11 MARKING OF TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
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SECTION 9 WATER FOR SANITARY FLUSHING
9.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.2 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.3 FLUSHING REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.4 URINALS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
9.5 INSTALLATION OF CISTERNS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
9.6 FLUSH VALVES SUPPLIED FROM BREAK TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60
9.7 FLUSH PIPES AND WATER FLOW DISTRIBUTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9.8 PRESSURE RATIO VALVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
9.9 FLUSH VALVES CONNECTED TO THE POTABLE WATER SERVICE . . 62

SECTION 10 PUMPS
10.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10.2 GENERAL . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10.3 CONTROL OF PUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
10.4 INSTALLATION OF PUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
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10.5 BOOSTER PUMPS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64

SECTION 11 WATER REQUIREMENTS FOR HAEMODIALYSIS MACHINES

11.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
11.2 CONNECTION TO THE WATER SERVICE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
11.3 MAINTENANCE OF FLOW RATE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
11.4 WATER METER IDENTIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65

SECTION 12 INSTALLATION OF WATER METERS

12.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
12.2 LOCATION OF WATER METERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
12.3 INSTALLATION OF WATER METERS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
12.4 PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
12.5 ELECTRICAL SAFETY PRECAUTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
12.6 SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66
12.7 FROST PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 66

SECTION 13 TESTING AND COMMISSIONING

13.1 SCOPE OF SECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
13.2 TESTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
13.3 CLEANING AND DISINFECTION OF STORAGE TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
13.4 DISINFECTION OF WATER SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
13.5 COMMISSIONING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

APPENDICES
A REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
B SIZING METHOD FOR SUPPLY PIPING FOR DWELLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . 71
C SIZING OF PIPING FOR DWELLINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
D EXAMPLES OF POTENTIAL CROSS-CONNECTIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
E TYPES OF BACKFLOW PROTECTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
F STORAGE TANKS—INFLOW AND OVERFLOW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
G CLEANING AND DISINFECTION OF STORAGE TANKS . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
H DISINFECTION OF WATER SERVICES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
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FOREWORD

REGULATORY REQUIREMENTS Attention is drawn to the relevant regulatory

requirements with respect to—
(a) the qualifications of persons permitted by law to do plumbing work;
(b) the administrative procedures to be followed by persons performing plumbing work;
and
(c) the authorization for certain materials, products, fittings, and other components to
be connected to water supply systems in accordance with the National Certification
of Plumbing and Drainage Products Scheme (NCPDP) in Australia and the Building
Industry Authority (BIA) in New Zealand.

RULINGS AND INTERPRETATIONS Enquires concerning the interpretation of

specific Clauses contained in AS/NZS 3500.1.2 should be directed initially to the
regulatory authority responsible for the locality within which work is, or is to be,
conducted. In the event that further clarification is required, the enquiry may be directed
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to Committee WS/14, which is responsible for the Joint Australian/New Zealand National
Plumbing and Drainage Code. The Projects Manager, Committee WS/14, Standards
Australia will process enquires and issue replies.

PROVISION FOR REVISION This Standard necessarily deals with existing

conditions, but is not intended to discourage innovation or to exclude materials,
equipment and methods which may be developed in future. Revisions will be made from
time to time in view of such developments and amendments to this edition will be made
only when absolutely necessary.
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STANDARDS AUSTRALIA / STANDARDS NEW ZEALAND

Australian / New Zealand Standard

National plumbing and drainage

Part 1.2: Water supply — Acceptable solutions

S E C T I O N 1 S C O P E A N D G E N E R A L

1.1 SCOPE This Standard sets out the requirements for the installation of water
services from the authority’s water main or alternative potable water supplies to the points
of discharge. This Standard applies to new installations as well as alterations, additions
and repairs to existing installations.
Illustrations used in this Standard are diagrammatic only and have been chosen without
prejudice.
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Construction of a water supply installation in accordance with this Standard is deemed to

satisfy the requirements of AS 3500.1.1 for Australia. This Standard may be used as an
alternative acceptable solution to Clause G12 of the New Zealand Building Code but may
exceed the performance requirements.
NOTE: The requirements for hot water services are set out in AS/NZS 3500.4.2

1.2 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS A list of the documents referred to in this

Standard, is given in Appendix A.

1.3 DEFINITIONS For the purpose of this Standard the definitions given in
AS/NZS 3500.0 and those below apply.
1.3.1 Deemed to satisfy — where a provision states that the use of a particular material,
component, method of construction or design satisfies a performance requirement of this
Standard. An equivalent material, component, method or design may be used if it meets
the level of performance prescribed by the provisions concerned.
1.3.2 Registered break tank — a break tank which is recorded by an authority or third
party for the purpose of inspection and maintenance to ensure its functional requirements.

1.4 CLASSIFICATION OF SOILS Soils shall be classified in accordance with

AS 1726 or NZS 4402.

1.5 EQUIVALENT PIPE SIZES Where the nominal size of a pipe is specified in this
Standard, an equivalent pipe size, appropriate to the material being used, shall be selected
from Table 1.1 for Australian requirements or Table 1.2 for New Zealand. As an
alternative, Table 1.3 may apply to the selection of tubes for use in either country.

1.6 REQUIREMENTS FOR DISABLED PERSONS Facilities for disabled persons

shall comply with the requirements of AS 1428.1 and the Australian Building Code or
NZS 4121 and the New Zealand Building Code where applicable.

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