Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Australian Standard: National Plumbing and Drainage Part 1.1: Water Supply - Performance Requirements
Australian Standard: National Plumbing and Drainage Part 1.1: Water Supply - Performance Requirements
Australian Standard: National Plumbing and Drainage Part 1.1: Water Supply - Performance Requirements
1—1998
Australian Standard
Review of Australian Standards. To keep abreast of progress in industry, Australian Standards are
subject to periodic review and are kept up to date by the issue of amendments or new editions as
necessary. It is important therefore that Standards users ensure that they are in possession of the latest
editi on, and any amendments thereto.
Full details of all Australian Standards and related publi cations will be found in the Standards Australia
Catalogue of Publi cations; this information is supplemented each month by the magazine ‘The
Australian Standard’, which subscribing members receive, and which gives details of new publications,
new editions and amendments, and of withdrawn Standards.
Suggestions for improvements to Australian Standards, addressed to the head office of Standards
Australia, are welcomed. Notification of any inaccuracy or ambiguity found in an Australian Standard
should be made wit hout delay in order that the matter may be investigated and appropriate action taken.
Australian Standard
PREFACE
This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand
Committee WS/14, National Plumbing and Drainage Code and is the result of a consensus
among representatives on the Joint Committee to produce it as an Australian Standard.
New Zealand performance requirements are established in New Zealand Building
Regulations and are generally equivalent to those in this Standard.
This Standard sets out objectives for water supply in its functional and performance
requirements.
Reference to AS/NZS 3500.1.2, National Plumbing and Drainage, Part 1.2: Water
supply — Acceptable solutions sets out a means of achieving minimum deemed-to-satisfy
requirements for the objectives and performance requirements of this Standard.
It is recognized that the content of this Part would usually be the responsibility of a
regulatory body. Nevertheless, owing to the reforms taking place in the industry at
present, no national body has yet been identified to take up such responsibilities.
Therefore, for the purpose of this edition, the document is published as part of the
AS 3500 series. If in the future a national regulatory administration is identified, the
Standard will be modified accordingly.
The performance requirements of this Standard have been published without a ‘durability’
clause. This course of action was found necessary owing to a division existing among the
committee members responsible for the document. It is possible that in the future such a
durability requirement could become part of this document by means of an amendment or
a full revision.
CONTENTS
Page
1 SCOPE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 APPLICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 REFERENCED DOCUMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 DEFINITIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 OBJECTIVES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENT — FIXTURES AND APPLIANCES . . . . . . . . 4
7 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
8 DEEMED TO SATISFY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
9 MEANS OF VERIFICATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
10 AUTHORIZATION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
AS 3500.1.1 — 1998 4
STANDARDS AUSTRALIA
Australian Standard
National plumbing and drainage
1 SCOPE This Standard sets out the requirements for the design and construction of
cold water services from the water main to the points of discharge.
7 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
7.1 Water supplies Installations intended to supply water for human consumption,
food preparation, utensil washing or oral hygiene shall be connected to a potable water
supply.
COPYRIGHT
5 AS 3500.1.1 — 1998
7.2 Non-potable water supplies Pipes outlets and fittings supplying non-potable water
shall be clearly identified.
7.3 Water supply installations Water supply installations shall be designed and
constructed as follows:
(a) Avoid the likelihood of contamination of potable water within both the system and
the water main by means which are appropriate to the hazard.
(b) Provide water to fixtures and appliances at flow rates and pressures which are
adequate for the correct functioning of those fixtures, appliances and fire services
under normal conditions and in a manner that does not create undue noise.
(c) Avoid the likelihood of leakage or failure.
(d) Allow reasonable access for maintenance of mechanical components.
(e) Allow the system, appliances and backflow prevention devices to be isolated for
testing and maintenance.
7.4 People with disabilities With facilities provided for people with disabilities, hot
and cold water supply taps or other operational controls shall be accessible and
convenient to the user.
COPYRIGHT
This page has been left intentionally blank.