1A vertical pipe that rises from the ground to supply mains water to a building.
〈英〉直上总管,给水竖管
1.1The vertical pipe of a water pump.
(水泵的)垂直管道
Example sentencesExamples
This scheme will provide a proper pumping station and rising main to the treatment works and will eliminate the present unsatisfactory septic tank arrangement at the Quay.
The licence sought is for the purpose of constructing, laying and maintaining a 200 mm rising main, a 368 mm, water main, four 100 mm ducts and one 150 mm duct across the river bed.
Council officials said the problem has now been solved and the problem was the result of a break on the rising main from Caragh Lake to the Garrane Reservoir.
The rising main has been laid as far as the Railway Bridge.
This new development will also see, the replacing of the old septic tank in Crocketstown, with a new pumping station, which will discharge into the treatment works via a rising main under the River Moy.
Breaks on the rising main and pump problems have led to a chronic water supply shortage in the area during which homes in the area consistently have no water.
Last week repairs were carried out to a faulty pump at the Moor Farm pumping station, which drives waste along the rising main.
Definition of rising main in US English:
rising main
nounˈraɪzɪŋ ˌmeɪn
British
1A vertical pipe that rises from the ground to supply municipal water to a building.
〈英〉直上总管,给水竖管
1.1The vertical pipe of a water pump.
(水泵的)垂直管道
Example sentencesExamples
The licence sought is for the purpose of constructing, laying and maintaining a 200 mm rising main, a 368 mm, water main, four 100 mm ducts and one 150 mm duct across the river bed.
Council officials said the problem has now been solved and the problem was the result of a break on the rising main from Caragh Lake to the Garrane Reservoir.
This scheme will provide a proper pumping station and rising main to the treatment works and will eliminate the present unsatisfactory septic tank arrangement at the Quay.
This new development will also see, the replacing of the old septic tank in Crocketstown, with a new pumping station, which will discharge into the treatment works via a rising main under the River Moy.
Breaks on the rising main and pump problems have led to a chronic water supply shortage in the area during which homes in the area consistently have no water.
Last week repairs were carried out to a faulty pump at the Moor Farm pumping station, which drives waste along the rising main.
The rising main has been laid as far as the Railway Bridge.