Nevada Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 6, 2015) |
Chapter445A Water Controls |
PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS |
Design, Construction, Operation and Maintenance |
NAC445A.65525. “Air binding” defined.
Latest version.
- “Air binding” means a condition:
1. In which:
(a) A pump in suction head accumulates air after the initial priming of the pump, due to the release of gases contained in the water being pumped; and
(b) The air displaces the water in the pump and causes the pump to lose its prime; or
2. In which air accumulates in the higher points of a distribution main and reduces the capacity of the main.
(Added to NAC by Bd. of Health, eff. 2-20-97)