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UNIFORM CODE SPOTLIGHT

November 30, 2023

From the 2021 UPC Illustrated Training Manual, Chapter 8, INDIRECT WASTES

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801.7 Drip or Drainage Outlets. Appliances, devices, or apparatus not regularly classified as plumbing fixtures, but which have a drip or drainage outlets, shall be permitted to be drained by indirect waste pipes discharging into an open receptor through either an air gap or air break (see Section 801.3.1).

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