SRPC

Sulfate Resisting Portland Cement; customarily used for making concrete, mortar and grout in aggressive conditions where sulfates concentrations may be high.

SSBS

Sanitary Sewer Bypasses; structures to relieve hydraulic overload on nominally sanitary sewers, leading to flooding and or pollution of a watercourse. Typically occurring during wet weather.

SSES

Sewer System Evaluation Survey; mainly for inflow and infiltration (I/I) surveys to determine the degree and location of flows entering the collection system.

Stabilization

See Chemical Stabilization.

Stabilizer

An ingredient used in the formulation of some plastics to assist in maintaining the physical and chemical properties of the materials at their initial values throughout the processing service life of the material.