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National Standard of the People’s Republic of China

P GB 50721-2011

Code for design of water supply &

drainage of iron and steel enterprises
钢铁企业给水排水设计规范

(English translation)

Issue date: 2011-07-29 Implementation date: 2012-08-01

Issued by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the
People's Republic of China
the General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection
and Quarantine of the People's Republic of China

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National Standard of the People's Republic of China

Code for design of water supply & drainage of

iron and steel enterprises

GB 50721-2011

Developed by:

China Metallurgical Construction Association

Approved by:

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China

Implementation date:

August 1, 2012

China Planning Press

2011 Beijing

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Announcement of the Ministry of Housing and

Urban-Rural Development of the People's
Republic of China

No. 1112

Announcement on publishing the national standard Code for design of water

supply & drainage of iron and steel enterprises

Code for design of water supply & drainage of iron and steel enterprises has been
approved as a national standard with a serial number of GB 50721-2011, and shall be
implemented from August 1, 2012. Thereinto, Subclauses 5.3.6, 8.4.3, 8.8.4, 8.8.6(2) and
12.2.6 are compulsory provisions and must be enforced strictly.

Authorized by the Research Institute of Standards and Norms of the Ministry of Housing
and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of China, this code is published
and distributed by China Planning Press.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development of the People's Republic of

China

July 29, 2011

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Foreword
ChinaStandards.net is in charge of this English translation. In case of any doubt about the
English translation, the Chinese original shall be considered authoritative.

This code is jointly prepared by CISDI Engineering Co., Ltd. with organizations concerned
according to the requirements of the Notice on printing and distributing the <Development
and revision plan on engineering construction standards and codes in 2007 (the second
batch)> (JIANBIAOHAN [2007] No.126) issued by the former Ministry of Construction.

During the process of formulating this code, the drafting group carried out extensive
investigations, carefully summarized the practical experience, made reference to
international organizations and foreign advanced experience, widely solicited for opinions,
and finalized this code finally through review.

This code comprises 12 clauses, with the main contents as follows: general provisions,
terms, quantity of water intake and water quality index, water supply & drainage system,
pump station, non-contact cooling water recirculation system, contact cooling water
recirculation system, wastewater treatment, emergency water supply system, sludge
thickening and dewatering, testing and control, and water supply & drainage pipelines.

The provisions printed in bold type are compulsory and must be enforced strictly.

The Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development is in charge of the administration

of this code and the interpretation of the compulsory provisions, and CISDI Engineering
Co., Ltd. is responsible for the interpretation of specific technical contents. During the
process of implementing this code, the relevant comments or recommendations,
whenever necessary, can be posted or passed on to CISDI Engineering Co., Ltd. (address:
No.1, Shuanggang Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing, 400013, China) for reference in
future revision.

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Contents

1 General provisions ......................................................................................................... 1

2 Terms .............................................................................................................................. 2
3 Quantity of water intake and water quality index ........................................................... 4
3.1 Quantity index of water intake ............................................................................. 4
3.2 Water quality index .............................................................................................. 4
4 Water supply & drainage system ................................................................................... 6
4.1 General requirements .......................................................................................... 6
4.2 Water supply system............................................................................................ 6
4.3 Water drainage system ........................................................................................ 7
4.4 Water recirculation system .................................................................................. 7
4.5 Water reuse system ............................................................................................. 7
4.6 Rainwater utilization system ................................................................................ 8
5 Pump station .................................................................................................................. 9
5.1 General requirements .......................................................................................... 9
5.2 Pump station arrangement .................................................................................. 9
5.3 Water pump selection and configuration ........................................................... 10
5.4 Auxiliary facilities................................................................................................ 12
6 Non-contact cooling water recirculation system .......................................................... 13
6.1 General requirements ........................................................................................ 13
6.2 Cooling ............................................................................................................... 13
6.3 Water stabilizing facilities ................................................................................... 13
6.4 Water makeup facilities ...................................................................................... 14
7 Contact cooling water recirculation system ................................................................. 15
7.1 General requirements ........................................................................................ 15
7.2 Equipment and slab spray cooling water recirculation ...................................... 15
7.3 BFG cleaning water and used water from converter fume cleaning ................. 18
7.4 BF slag granulation water recirculation ............................................................. 18
7.5 Laminar cooling water recirculation ................................................................... 18
8 Wastewater treatment .................................................................................................. 20
8.1 General requirements ........................................................................................ 20
8.2 Treatment of wastewater containing oil and emulsion ...................................... 20
8.3 Treatment of wastewater from cold rolled strip temper mill............................... 21
8.4 Cr-containing wastewater treatment .................................................................. 21
8.5 Acid-containing wastewater treatment .............................................................. 22
8.6 Alkali-containing wastewater treatment ............................................................. 22
8.7 Plant-wide wastewater treatment ...................................................................... 23
8.8 Coking wastewater treatment ............................................................................ 24
9 Emergency water supply system ................................................................................. 29
9.1 General requirements ........................................................................................ 29
9.2 Emergency water users, emergency water supply output and duration ........... 30
9.3 Emergency water supply facilities ..................................................................... 30

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10 Sludge thickening and dewatering ............................................................................. 32

10.1 General requirements ...................................................................................... 32
10.2 Sludge thickening ............................................................................................ 32
10.3 Sludge dewatering ........................................................................................... 32
10.4 Coking sludge treatment and disposal ............................................................ 33
11 Testing and control ..................................................................................................... 34
11.1 General requirements ...................................................................................... 34
11.2 Online testing ................................................................................................... 34
11.3 Control .............................................................................................................. 35
12 Water supply & drainage pipelines ............................................................................ 36
12.1 General requirements ...................................................................................... 36
12.2 Pipeline arrangement....................................................................................... 36
12.3 Pipe gallery and pipe bridge arrangement ...................................................... 37
12.4 Pipe materials and fittings ............................................................................... 38
12.5 Pipeline insulation ............................................................................................ 39
12.6 Pipeline corrosion prevention .......................................................................... 40
12.7 Pipeline foundation .......................................................................................... 40
Explanation of wording in this code ................................................................................... 42
List of quoted standards .................................................................................................... 43

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1 General provisions

1.0.1 This code is formulated with a view to making the design of water supply & drainage
engineering of iron and steel enterprises conform to the national guidelines, policies and
regulations, unifying the engineering construction standards, improving the engineering
design quality, and achieving advanced technology, safety and reliability, economy and
rationality, energy conservation and emission reduction, and convenient management.

1.0.2 This code is applicable to the design of water supply & drainage engineering for
construction, renovation and extension projects of iron and steel enterprises (including
special steel mills).

1.0.3 The design of water supply & drainage engineering of iron and steel enterprises
shall be based on the overall planning of iron and steel enterprises approved by the
relevant government departments. The selection of water sources, locations of water
treatment plants, water transmission and distribution pipelines, plant outlets, recycled &
reused water utilizing rate, quantity of water intake per ton of steel, etc. shall meet the
requirements of the overall planning.

1.0.4 When the industrial wastewater and domestic sewage drainage pipelines of iron
and steel enterprises are connected to the water drainage system or water body with
public sewage treatment system, the drainage water quality must meet the requirements
of the relevant national and local discharge standards.

1.0.5 In addition to this code, the design of water supply & drainage engineering of iron
and steel enterprises shall also comply with those stipulated in the current relevant
standards of the nation.

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2 Terms

2.0.1 quantity of water intake

quantity of water taken from the self-built or jointly-built water intake facilities of the iron
and steel enterprises, regional or urban water supply projects, and tail water of power
plants, as well as water purchased by iron and steel enterprises, but excluding the
quantity of seawater, brackish water, rainwater, and reuse water from the wastewater of
enterprises

2.0.2 quantity of water intake per ton of steel

ratio of annual quantity of water intake to annual steel output in iron and steel enterprises,
expressed in m3/t

2.0.3 fresh water consumption per ton of steel

ratio of annual industrial fresh water consumption to annual steel output in iron and steel
enterprises, expressed in m3/t

2.0.4 raw water

untreated water obtained from water sources

2.0.5 industrial fresh water

general term for finished water made from raw water, including process fresh water, soft
water, demineralized water, pure water and so on

2.0.6 process fresh water

one kind of industrial fresh water, which is used as the makeup water of water recirculation
system or as the raw water for producing soft water and demineralized water

2.0.7 soft water

water in which the hard components (mainly calcium ions and magnesium ions in water)
are removed or reduced to a certain extent

2.0.8 demineralized water

water in which the salts (mainly strong electrolytes dissolved in water) are removed or
reduced to a certain extent

2.0.9 pure water

water in which both the strong and weak electrolytes are removed or reduced to a certain
extent

2.0.10 water for serial reuse

water that is used by a user and then made available for reuse by a sub-user without
water treatment

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2.0.11 reuse water

wastewater that is recycled either directly or after treatment

2.0.12 meteorological data

specific meteorological parameters such as wet bulb temperature, dry bulb temperature,
atmospheric pressure and relative humidity used in the design and calculation of cooling
towers

2.0.13 non-contact cooling water recirculation system

cooling water recirculation system that transfers heat indirectly between the recirculating
cooling water and the cooled medium

2.0.14 system capacity

sum of all effective water storage volumes in the cooling water recirculation system

2.0.15 acid regeneration

process of regenerating and recycling waste acid

2.0.16 reclaimed water

undrinkable water derived from domestic sewage and wastewater, which, after being
treated, reaches the prescribed water quality standards and is made available for
miscellaneous purposes in domestic, municipal and environmental areas

2.0.17 unit project

project responsible for a single production process in an iron and steel complex

2.0.18 plant-wide wastewater

blowdown water, process wastewater and domestic sewage collected from various
production workshops through combined system or separate system

2.0.19 sewage depth processing

further water treatment process of domestic sewage or industrial wastewater after primary
and secondary treatments, so that the water meets certain reuse water standards and
then can be used as a water resource for production or life

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3 Quantity of water intake and water quality index

3.1 Quantity index of water intake

3.1.1 The quantity index of water intake per ton of steel for newly-built iron and steel
complexes shall not be greater than 6m3/t.

3.1.2 The quantity index of water intake per ton of steel for renovated or extended iron
and steel complexes shall not be greater than 7m3/t.

3.1.3 The quantity index of water intake per ton of steel for newly-built special steel mills
shall not be greater than 8m3/t, and that for renovated or extended special steel mills shall
not be greater than 10m3/t.

3.2 Water quality index

3.2.1 When raw water needs to be treated, it shall be treated in a centralized manner.
For the unit projects with special requirements for water quality, the raw water may also be
treated separately after technical and economic comparison.

3.2.2 The water quality indexes for industrial fresh water and reuse water shall be
determined according to local water source conditions, water quality requirements of each
water recirculation system and cycle of concentration of circulating water, etc., and should
meet the requirements of Table 3.2.2.

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