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Sewer Design Criteria

Published by City of Hamilton

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Type: Guide
Published by: City of Hamilton
Date: October 30, 2025
For: designer
Building types: All building types
Pages: 85

Overview

The City of Hamilton's Sewer Design Criteria, a Public Works – Engineering Services manual on the design of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, combined sewers and forcemains for City capital work and for infrastructure the City assumes. Its revision history runs from a first draft in 2023 to a revised final version on October 30, 2025, and its preface places it beside the Watermain Design Criteria and the Comprehensive Development Guidelines and Financial Policies Manual. Chapters run from the regulatory framework through maintenance holes, catch basins and inverted siphons to references.

What it covers

Preface
Revision History
Regulatory Framework
Types of Sewer Systems
General Requirements for Sewer and Forcemain Systems
Maintenance Holes
Catch Basins
Sanitary Sewer Design
Storm Sewer Design
Combined Sewer Design
Forcemain Design
Inverted Siphon Design
References

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