What do you call it when the flow is much less than a water main break level?
What do you call it when the amount of flowing water is much less than a water main break level?
All the images in the link below are for what is referred to as water main break. I don’t see any image here of a much smaller stream. So, what is it called when it’s a small crack of a pipe I guess, but it’s stream.
http://tinyurl.com/y2vcbfes (water main break, Google images)
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It’s still a leak. It’s a big leak or a small one, but regardless, it involves a broken pipe underground.
“A broken pipe” or “a leaky pipe”.
Water mains are large pipes, usually 8 to 12 inches in diameter, and pressurized. Water pipes from the main to your house are usually two inch pipes; they can’t deliver as much water as the main.
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I guess I have to find someone who actually does the paper work in this area. They are all leaky pipes major ones minor ones medium sized ones, am I right?
It would depend on what size the pipe was that the leak was originating from.
@kritiper What do you call the different pipe size leaks?
It could be considered a minor leak if the leak was off a 24” main or a major leak if it was off a 1” line off the main into a house.
If the water is visibly flowing (and not seeping) out, and running in a stream down the gutter, I would call it a considerable leak.
You could always try to rate it in GPM.
Uh, yeah, “gallons per minute.”
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