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IS 12701 : 1996
Reaffirmed 2006
)
Indian Standard
( First Revision )
First Reprint JUNE 1998
ICS 23.020.10
BIS 1996
BUREAU
OF
INDIAN STANDARDS
Price Group 5
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(Page 4, clause 5.5 ) - Insert the followii, ~ new clause after 5.5:
eS.6 Rotational moulded polyethylene \'t'" .cr ~ irsge tanks luay be manufactured
ill single layer or double layers, inner Iaycr . -, white i.. colour. The outer
layer shall be black in colour and its thickness ~ be minimum 50 percent of.
the total thickness of the waU.'
1"
(CE03 )
Reprography Unit. BIS, NewDelhi,lndia
(CED3 )
Reprography Unit. BIS. New Delhi. India
FOREWORD
This Indian Standard (First Revision) was adopted by the Bureau of Indian Standards after the draft finalized
by the SanitaryAppJiances and WaterFittingsSectionalCommitteehld beenapprovedby the Civil Engineering
Division Council.
Looking to the widespread use of rotational moulded polyethylene tanks for the storage of potable water
in India, the committee felt the need to bring out an Indian Standard in order to safeguard the user of
such tanks against quality and perfonnance requirements.
This Standard was fint published in 1989. In this revision of thc staudard following major modifications
Wall thickness and weight of the tanks have beenmodifiedbasedon the feedbackfrom the manufacturers
and users.
Methods of installation and fittings have been made recommendatory and are separately given at
Annex E.
Method for carryin. out flexural strength test has been modified.
The composition of the technical committee responsible for the preparation of this standard is given in
Annex F.
For the purpose of deciding whether a particular requirement of this standard is complied with, the final
value, observed or calculated, expressing the result of a test or analysis, shall be rounded off in accordance
with IS 2 : 1960 'Rules for rounding off numerical values ( revised )', The number of significant places
retained in the rounded off value should be the the same u that of the specified value in this standard.
IS 12701
1996
Indian Standard
ROTATIONAL MOULDED POLYETHYLENE
WATER STORAGE TANKS - SPECIFICATION
( First Revision)
1 SCOPE
materials,
dimensions
construction,
shape,
2 REFERENCES
2.1 The Indian Standards listed in Annex A are
3.9 Man-HoleJHand-Hole
3 TERMINOLOGY
3.0 For the purpose of this standard the following
(see
Fig. 1).
4 MATERIALS
~et
IS 12701 : 1996
b) The dispersion of carbon black shall be
satisfactory.
4.2.3 The water tanks meant for out door' use shall
be manufactured from carbon black compounded
polyethylene. The carbon black content and carbon
dispersion test shall be carried out in accordance with
the procedure described in IS 2530 : 1963 and shall
meet the following requirements:
LID OF
MOULD PARTING
LINE
C)
...
W
Z
:z:
w !:!
W
~
...
U
IL.
I&.
-J
1&1
>
R CC/PCC
PLATFORM
NOTE - A 25 mm wide band shall be painted around the tank at the inlet/overflow level and outlet
level. Centre line of the band shall be SO mm minimum fiom top/inner bottom of the tank.
IS 12701 : 1996
Table 1 Dimensioas of Cylinderical Vertical Tank
(Clause 5.1)
81
No.
Ovenll
Ovenll
MlDbDam Ialemal
Up to lUfectl
Dlmeter
Hel&ht RaDle
Dia of Maa-BoW
Bellht
Ranle
(I)
(nun)
(3)
(mm)
(4)
Band-Bole
(nun)
(S)
490 .. 690
700 900
1500
1 700
6~0 - 850
6S0 .. 8S0
700 .. 980
800 .. 1 140
900 .. I 140
10001200
1 080 - 1 450
1 300 .. I SOO
2000
136S .. 1 SOO
2SOO
3000
4000
1 380
1410
14S0
1 800
1 800
1890
1 900
2100
2 100
(I)
(2)
i)
200
300
400
500
700
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
ix)
x)
xi)
xii)
xiii)
xiv)
xv)
xvi)
xvii)
xviii)
1000
5000
6000
7 SOO
10000
IS 000
20000
NOTE -
700 .. 9S0
625 1 02.~
800 .. 1 100
10S0 .. 1 350
1 iso - I S90
1260 1 650
1400 .. 1 700
1 400 .. 1 810
1640 - 2 ISO
17S0 .. 2400
1 800 .. 2 100
206S .. 2800
2100 - 2930
2400 .. 3740
3100 .. 4000
3190 SOOO
- I 610
.. 1 800
.. 1920
.. 2 110
- 2200
2250
.. 2680
- 2680
.. 3 ISO
M1D_um Wall
aad Bottom
TbIckDeu
(mm)
(6)
265
265
265
370
370
370
370
370
4S0
450
4S0
4S0
450
450
4'0
450
450
450
MiDlmum
Welgbt 01 toll
(WIthout Lid)
(kg)
(7)
7.7
8.1
10.4
10.7
10.7
7.. 8
9.0
15.0
18.0
23.0
33.0
47.0
54.0
64.0
81.0
96.0
147.0
180.0
205.0
10.7
239.0
11.5
11.S
13.2
319.0
408.0
566.0
3.0
3.0
3.S
4.0
4.4
4..5
4.S
4.5
S.4
The gross capacity ot the tanks shall be at leasr S percent in excess of the minimum net capacity.
FlO.
RECTANOULAR
Lorr
TANK
Minimum Net
Overall
Ovenll
No.
Capacity
Length
Width
()yenll
He1Rbt
MlDmum
InterDal Dia of
Hand Hole
Mlalmom Wall
Thickness
(MeuurecI on)
Rectanplar
Vertical Port
aDd Bottom
MinlDum
Welpt
Weight of
Tank
(Without Lid)
Thickness
(3)
(4)
1$0
620 .. 820
930 1 130
iii)
200
300
. 99S 1200
iv)
400
v)
500
(2)
(I)
i)
ii)
NOTE -
The
Iro~R
1 ISO 1 350
1 ISO 1500
(S)
(6)
(7)
(8)
620 820
28S 48S
300
2.7S
6.6
620 .. 820
285 485
300
2.7~
7.7
620 820
285 48S
300
2.7S
11.0
ass 11S0
900 .. 1250
335 .. 535
33~ .. 53S
300
2.7S
13.0
300
2.7S
17.S
capacity of the tanks shall be at lea.c;t S percent in excess of the minimun net capacity.
IS 12701 : 1996
in Table 1. For rectangular loft tanks the wall thick-
s.s
6 FINISH
7 PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
8 SAMPLING AND TESTING
81 No.
Test
(1)
(2)
ii)
and Annex
i)
NOTE -
Ref to Clause
iii)
iv)
v)
vi)
vii)
viii)
Band width/location
Outer dimensions and Weight
Net capacity
Gross capacity
Thickn~~5es
Resistance to defonnation
Resistance to impact
Test for top load resistance
x)
Flexural modulus
(3)
Fig. 1
Table 1 and Table 2
Table 1 and Table 2
Table I and Table 2
Table 1 and Table 2
7.1 and Annex B
7.2 and Annex C
7.3
7.4
7.S
IS 12701
1996
10 MARKING
9.1 Materials
Man-hole hand-hole lids shall be moulded from
polyolefins of minimum thickness 3mm and shall
have sufficient ribs to provide adequate stiffness. It
shall be stabilized with 2 to 3 percent of carbon black
having satisfactory dispersions. The carbon black
content and carbon disperion test shall be carried out
in accordance with IS 2530:1963
9.2 The lid shall fit securely over the top rim of the
tank and it shall rest evenly on it in order to prevent
the ingress of foreign matter such as insects,
mosquitoes or dust through the top of the tank. The
lid shall also be provided with suitable locking
arrangement.
ANNEX A
(Clause 2.1)
IS No.
9845 : 1986
10141
1982
10146 : 1982
13360
Plastics - Methods of testing:
(Part 5/Sec 7) : Part 5 Mechanical properties,
1995
Section 7 Detemination of
flexural properties
554 : 1985
1879 : 1987
2530 : 1963
4905
1968
7328
1992
8543
(Part 4/Sec 1)
1984
Title
IS No.
Title
IS 12701 : 1'"
ANNEX B
( Clauses 7.1.1 and 7.1.2 )
METHOD OF DEFORMATION TEST
8-2.2 The tank shall be filled upto the effective
height at a minimum rate of 23 litres/min with water
at a temperature not less than lSOC. The lid shall
be closed after filling the loft tank.
DL
Dw =
DL
Dw
TANK
WI
WI
2.
La - L,
100
x 100
2W.
= deformation of the
longer side,
Where
r,..-
W2
L.
= length at
La = length
--+I
.....--..
W'
C-~~-------'.. I
-----t--C
..--- L
I
\. . .....- ----04-----..."
;
CENTRE l~NE
MEASUREMENTS
C
FIG.
ANNEX C
( Clause 7.2 )
IS 12701 : 1996
ANNEX D
( Clause 8.1 )
SCALE OF SAMPLING AND CRITERIA FOR CONFORMITY FOR ROUTINE TESTS
n-i
SCALE OF SAMPLING
D-l.l Lot
In any consignment, all the tanks of same size and
type made from same raw materials and manufactured
under similar conditions shall be grouped together
to constitute a lot.
(Clause D-l.3)
SI
No.
Lot Size
(4)
(S)
SO
100
3
S
8
13
3
S
(1)
(2)
i)
iii)
Up to
SI to
101 to
iv)
v)
301 to 500
501 and above
CONFORMITY
ii)
300
t Clause D-l.3)
SI
Lot Size
Sample Size
No.
Sub-sample Size
for Tests at
SI No. (v), (vi), (vU),
(viii), (Ix) and (x)
of Table 3
(I)
(2)
i)
Up to 2S
26 to SO
ii)
iii)
iv)
51 to 100
101 and above
(3)
(4)
3
4
S
I
2
IS 12701
1996
ANNEX E
( Foreword)
RECOMMENDATIONS FOR INSTALLATION AND FITTING OF TANKS
E-' FITTINGS
E-9.1 For providing inlet, outlet and other
connections. usually full threaded G.I. brass
connections are used which shall not produce any
kind of harmful effect on potable water. A typical
threaded connections is illustrated in Fig 4. Flat surface
may preferably be provided to fix outlet pipes at
appropriate locations. The design of threaded
connections fixed with the water storage tank may
be similar to that shown in Fig 4. The different sizes
of threaded connections required to be fixed for
different capacities of water storage tanks may be
according to Table 6.
81
No.
Capacity 01 Water
Storage Tank
(mrn)
i)
ii)
iii)
iv)
v)
Up to 750
Above 750 and up to 2 000
Above 2 000 and up to 4 000
Above 4000 and up to 10000
Above 10000
THREADED PIPE
12.5
25
40
SO
75
FIG.
THREADED CONNECTION
IS 12701
1996
ANNEX F
(Foreword)
COMMITTEE COMPOSITION
Sanitary Appliances and Water Fittings Sectional Committee, CED 3
Chairmdti
SHRI
Representating
S. PRAKASH
Member.f
P. K. JAIN (Alternate' to
Shri S. Prakash)
SHRI
ADVISOR (PHE)
J. R. AGGARWAL
8 tlASKAR
DR T. K.
DAN
HYDRAULIC ENGINEER
DEPUTY HYDRAUl.IC ENGINEER (Alternllte)
SURf
D. K.
KANUNGO
MANAGING DIRECTOR
CHIEF ENGINEER
SHRI
K.
SIIRf
SURI
LAKSHMI NARAYANA
A. SHARIFF (Alternate)
S. K. NEOGI
A. K. SENGUPTA (Atternate)
G.
SHRI
StlRI
SHRI
RABINDRANATH RAO
S.
SIVAKUMAR
SHRI
O. P.
SHRI
R. S. ROTITnOR
SHRI
(Alternate)
RATRA
S. D.
JOSHI (Alterntlte)
LT COL S. K. SHARMA
LT COL G. T.
SHRI
D. K. SEHOAl
8. B. SIKKA
SHRI
R. C.
Bm~h, Ministry
SHRI
Engineer-in-Chief's
KAUSHIK (Alternate)
(W ATER SUPPLY)
SHARMA
(T AC)
(Continued
011
page 10)
IS 12701 : 1996
(Continued from page 9)
Repre.fenting
Member.f
SHRI
R. K.
SOMANY
(NDZI)
(NDZI) (Alternate)
Central Public
Work~
SHRt S. SUNDARAM
(Civil Engg)
DIRECTOR
Member Secretary
SHRJ
R. S.
JUNEJA
O. P.
RATRA
Member."
SHRI MUKESH
B.
SHRI B.
SHRI
AMBANI
(Alternate)
B. BHATIA
D. D. GUPTA (Alternate)
CITY ENGINEER
SHRI
S. B.
DANOAYACH
SHRI RAJAN
GULABANI
(Alternate)
DIRECT()R
SHRI
R.
ELAMARAM
ENGINEER -IN-CHIEF
A. K. RAY (Alternate)
V. C. FRANCIS
DR
SHRI
SHRI
T. K.
MANAGING DIRECTOR
R. RAMESH
SHRI
SHRI
A. P.
RAMACHANDRAN (Alternate)
IPCL, Baroda
BANDOPADHYAY (Alternate)
V.
SETH
DR Y. N.
SHRI
SHARMA
N. K.
SHRI
SINGH
D. D.
GUPTA (Allernate)
SHRI S. SUNDRARAM
SHRI YCJGESH VAKHARJA
R. S. N.
DAnA (AllenuJt~)
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