Talk:Standpipe

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What about 'use of standpipes' with regard to water shortages? How are they used, anyone know?

I'd like to know too - there has been a lot of talk of these in the British press recently, with the current drought etc. However, I and many of my friends have no idea what they actually are, not being old enough to remember the 1976 drought. Some info on their use in drought conditions, from anyone who knows anything, would be nice. Modest Genius ^talk 19:12, 23 May 2006 (UTC)[reply]

I too came to this article hoping for enlightenment. Horatio 11:18, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Apparently the water supply to homes is shut off, and people have to collect their water from a stand pipe in the street (from http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/4985976.stm, under Level 3). Horatio 11:25, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

From http://www.dwi.gov.uk/regs/infolett/1995/info795.htm:

11. An emergency drought order may authorise a company to carry out any of the actions which can be authorised under an ordinary order and additionally may permit the company to supply water by means of stand-pipes or water tanks. A company applying for an emergency drought order should therefore observe the relevant requirements for ordinary drought orders set out in paragraphs 8-10 above.

Horatio 11:27, 5 October 2006 (UTC)[reply]

This article refers only to firefighting. The term standpipe is also commonly used for standpipes providing drinking water in rural areas and marginal urban areas of developing countries. It may be worthwhile to disambiguate the term and create two separate articles.

Agreed. What this article calls a Standpipe, I know as a Riser (Dry riser or Wet riser). I also know a standpipe as a 1 meter dual headed pipe that can be attached to a Hydrant in the ground to provide couplings for Feeder to be attached (See devices on either side next to road cones in this picture [1]). I'd like to make the following proposal, which I will clarify and work out the details of soonish: --Zaf^(t) 05:09, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Change the Standpipe article to be either a disambiguous link page, or a page with a basic outline of the many variants of things known as "Standpipe". I will happily document the NZ Standpipe with a much better photo soon.
Have the Standpipe article point to the Dry riser article for more information on that.
Create a Wet riser article (currently points to Dry riser).

It may be much better to instead create a Riser (Firefighting) page, and softlink Dry riser and Wet riser to that, since they are very similar.

I should probably document this on another page, but I wanted to get this out for now. I will investigate this further over the next few weeks.

Any opinions? --Zaf^(t) 05:09, 2 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I am writing an article on the Erie Water Works for Wiki. The works required a 5 foot by 233 foot standpipe in the 1860s to deliver water pressure for the city's water supply. I came here seeking an internal link and am not sure what to do next. The focus here on fire suppression is only a branch of the concept of a standpipe, not the main definition. See also Encyclopedia.com. I agree that some sort of disambiguation is in order. Pat 16:04, 13 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]

I concur. Where I grew up (in western NY), a number of cylindrical water towers exist and are referred to as standpipes. (In fact, the road I lived off of is "Standpipe Road" as it has a standpipe/water tower along it.) I think somehow the first sentence or two of this article should be revised to incorproate this alternate usage, with a link directing people to the water tower article. I've started. Others, please revise or add, as considered appropriate or useful. --CPAScott 16:07, 31 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]