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  2. Manhole cover - Wikipedia

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    A round manhole and its cover. A manhole cover is a removable plate forming the lid over the opening of a manhole, an opening large enough for a person to pass through that is used as an access point for an underground vault or pipe. It is designed to prevent anyone or anything from falling in, and to keep out unauthorized persons and material.

  3. Manhole - Wikipedia

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    Manhole closings are protected by a grating or manhole cover, a flat plug designed to prevent accidental or unauthorized access to the manhole. These covers are traditionally made of metal, [ 2 ] but may be constructed from precast concrete , glass reinforced plastic or other composite materials (especially where cover theft is of concern).

  4. Packaged metering manhole - Wikipedia

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    Packaged metering manhole factories integrate a primary device (typically a flume [1] or weir [2]) into a fiberglass manhole. The result is a lightweight, single-piece (generally), corrosion resistant structure from which an operator can measure piped flows, take composite samples, and perform water quality parameter monitoring.

  5. Water metering - Wikipedia

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    A typical residential water meter. Water metering is the practice of measuring water use.Water meters measure the volume of water used by residential and commercial building units that are supplied with water by a public water supply system.

  6. Sanitary manhole - Wikipedia

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    A sanitary manhole under construction. A sanitary manhole (sewer manhole, [1] sanitary sewer manhole [2] or sewer maintenance hole [3]) is a manhole that is used as an access point for maintenance and inspection of an underground sanitary sewer system. Sanitary manholes are sometimes used as vents to prevent the buildup of pressurized sewage ...

  7. The Ford Meter Box Company - Wikipedia

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    Meter box cover manufactured by Ford Meter Box for New Orleans. Ford Meter Box was founded by Edwin Ford in Hartford City, Indiana in 1898. [1] He invented the meter box as a place to install water meters outside of homes that did not have basements. Ford's early experimentation found that meters could be installed in pits to protect them from ...

  8. Parshall flume - Wikipedia

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    Parshall flumes (right) alongside other types of flow meters The Parshall flume is an open channel flow-metering device that was developed to measure the flow of surface water and irrigation flow. The Parshall flume is a modified version of the Venturi flume .

  9. Sanitary sewer overflow - Wikipedia

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    A manhole cover unable to contain a sanitary sewer overflow. Sanitary sewer overflow (SSO) is a condition in which untreated sewage is discharged from a sanitary sewer into the environment prior to reaching sewage treatment facilities. When caused by rainfall it is also known as wet weather overflow.

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