712. SUMPS AND EJECTORS

712 SUMPS AND EJECTORS Strike Section 712.3.5 of the International Plumbing Code in its entirety and insert a new Section 712.3.5 into the Plumbing Code in its place to read as follows: 712.3.5 Pump connection to the drainage system. Pumps connected to the drainage system shall connect to a building sewer, building drain, soil stack, waste stack or horizontal branch drain. The discharge point shall not be upstream of any backwater valve and shall not generate a condition that could cause flooding at any of the building fixtures. Where the discharge line connects into horizontal drainage piping, the connection shall be made through a wye fitting into the top of the drainage piping and such wye fitting shall be located not less than 10 pipe diameters from the base of any soil stack, waste stack or fixture drain. SOURCE: Final Rulemaking published at 67 DCR 6148 (May 29, 2020 – Part 2). The District of Columbia Plumbing Code (2017), referred to as the “Plumbing Code,” consists of the 2015 edition of the International Plumbing Code (International Plumbing Code), published by the International Code Council (ICC), as amended by the Plumbing Code Supplement of 2017 (12-F DCMR). The International Plumbing Code is copyrighted by the ICC and therefore is not republished here. However, a copy of the text may be obtained at: https://codes.iccsafe.org/public/document/IPC2015. District of Columbia Municipal Regulations Plumbing Code Supplement of 2017 12-F DCMR § 712