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riser, 1
1. The vertical face of a stair step.
2. Any upright face, as of a seat, platform, etc.
3. A platform on the stage of a theater or concert hall on which a performer is placed.
4. A water-supply, drainage, gas, steam, or vent pipe which extends vertically, one full story or more, to service several branches or a group of fixtures.
5. An electrical cable which extends vertically, one full story or more, to distribute electrical power to electric panels on the different floors of a building.
6. A duct, which extends vertically, one full story or more, to distribute air to branch ducts on the different floors of a building.
7. A vertical supply pipe for a fire sprinkler system.


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Scope of work will include two 21 million-gallon reinforced concrete (RC) reservoirs, four 25 million-gallon RC reservoirs, a pump house and 3,000 m of 1,200-mm-diameter rising mains.
An Environment Agency Wales spokesman added: "A burst rising main in Rhuddlan was discharging raw sewage into the River Clwyd.
Water supply pipes can be run like spaghetti around the house, but in the North East we normally run our cold water direct from the rising mains because we generally have good water pressure.
 
 
 
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