Funeral Homes/Embalming

[McShan]

I was looking at a funeral home and my question is they currently use a urinal and flush the bodily fluids into the public sewer. Is this OK? It seems odd I just want to see if that is allowed. 2012 I codes. I couldn't find anything addressing this, any help would be appreciated. This is my first time with a funeral home.

 

[Paul Sweet]

This is probably a Health Dept. or sewer authority issue, rather than plumbing code.

 

[fatboy]

I would concur, I would say the sewer purveyor would be your first stop.

 

[cda]

Concur

Plus might also fall under hazardous waste and disposal there of

 

[mark handler]

We require clearances from the Local Sanitation District and Industrial Waste

 

[ADAguy]

All valid points, are you in city or the country?

 

[mark handler]

All valid points, are you in city or the country?

I am in a city, contract with county.

 

[Francis Vineyard]

Here under the authority of the Dept. of Environmental Quality liquid medical waste may be discharged into the sanitary sewer.

 

[McShan]

Thanks for all the reply's, Ive found out that they can dispose directly into the sewer system. I would not have guessed they could, seems to me like it would be treated as a hazardous or special waste.

 

[SCBO1]

Off point a bit, but a legitimate concern is to keep the embalming fluid out of the public water supply with required back-flow devises.

 

[mark handler]

Off point a bit, but a legitimate concern is to keep the embalming fluid out of the public water supply with required back-flow devises.

Formaldehyde in Drinking-water
http://www.who.int/water_sanitation_health/dwq/chemicals/formaldehyde130605.pdf

Short term exposure
"Oral doses of 0, 50, 100, or 150 mg/kg of body weight per day in rats and 0, 50, 75, or 100 mg/kg of body weight per day in dogs for 91 days had no effect on haematology, clinical chemistry, urinalysis, or gross microscopic pathology. "
Long term exposure
"... rats were given formaldehyde in drinking-water at 0, 10, 50, or 300 mg/kg of body weight per day. At the end of 12 months, rats of both sexes in the high-dose group were observed to have gastric erosions, ulcers, squamous cell hyperplasia, hyperkeratosis, and basal cell hyperplasia. Only one male and one female from the mid-dose group showed hyperkeratosis..."