Washington State Department of Ecology

Publication Summary

Title	Criteria for Sewage Works Design (Orange Book)
Month-Year Published	January 1978
Revised on	August 2008
Online Availability	View this publication in Acrobat PDF format 10021 kilobytes, requires version 4.0 or later of Adobe Acrobat Reader Software get Acrobat Reader Note: This is a link to the Orange Book as a single PDF file. Alternative version in Acrobat PDF format (start.pdf, 2932 kilobytes) This is a link to the first of multiple PDF files in the Orange Book.
Short Description	The Criteria for Sewage Works Design serves as a guide for the design of sewage collection, treatment, and reclamation systems. It provides guidance to municipal wastewater collection and treatment facilities, including engineering report requirements. It is intended for use by municipal design engineers and consulting engineers. (Also see abstract below)
Publication Number	98-37
Author(s)	Water Quality Program
Print Availability	Not available as a printed document
Number of pages	567 (as a single PDF file)
Keywords	goals, health, sewage, sewage treatment, water
Related Publications	Title	Relationship
	Frequently Asked Questions about Ultraviolet Disinfection	parent publication
	Chapter 173-240 WAC, Submission Of Plans And Reports For Construction Of Wastewater Facilities	related regulation
Abstract	Long Description
	The Criteria for Sewage Works Design serves as a guide for the design of sewage collection, treatment, and reclamation systems. The goals of the manual are: To ensure that the design of sewage collection and treatment systems is consistent with public health and water quality objectives of the State of Washington. To establish a basis for the design and review of plans and specifications for sewage treatment works and sewerage systems. To establish the minimum requirements and limiting factors utilized by the Washington State Department of Ecology and the Washington State Department of Health for review of sewage treatment works and sewerage system plans and specifications. To assist the owner or their authorized engineer in the preparation of plans, specifications, reports, and other data. To guide departments in their determination of whether an approval, permit, and/or a certificate for sewage treatment works or a sewerage system should be issued. (Previous Version was Publication #78-5)

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