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PREFACE

This Standard was prepared by the Joint Standards Australia/Standards New Zealand Committee WS-014, National Plumbing and Drainage Code, to supersede AS 3500.0- 1995, National Plumbing and Drainage Code, Part 0: Glossary of terms.

This revision of this Standard has been develop to complement the Plumbing Code of Australia and incorporates amendments and additions arising from industry requirements.

This Standard is part of a series, under the title Plumbing and Drainage, as follows:

AS/NZS 3500 Plumbing and drainage

3500.0 Part 0: Glossary of terms (this Standard)

3500.1 Part 1: Water services

3500.2 Part 2: Sanitary plumbing and drainage systems

3500.3 Part 3: Stormwater drainage systems

3500.4 Part 4: Heated water services.

3500.5 Part 5: Domestic installations

The Standard is primarily intended for the general water industry and for use in the interpretation of terminology used in the various parts of the Plumbing and drainage series of Standards and covers water supply from the reticulation main into the premises, including hot water service systems, sanitary fixtures, drainage and their associated water and waste fittings, pipe systems and associated components.

A list of the documents referred to in this Standard is given in Appendix A.