AWWA Comment Period on ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4 – CEMENT-MORTAR LINING OF DUCTILE-IRON PIPE AND FITTINGS

AWWA Comment Period on ANSI/AWWA C104/A21.4 – CEMENT-MORTAR LINING OF DUCTILE-IRON PIPE AND FITTINGS
July 29, 2022

AWWA solicits public comments on all proposed new AWWA Standards, and on all proposed revisions, reaffirmations, or withdrawals of existing AWWA Standards. The referenced standards project is being considered for approval and the publication of this notice begins the 30-day public comment period for AWWA and ANSI. An electronic public review copy of the attachment can be obtained for review during the comment period by emailing ETS Support. Comments must be submitted in writing to the AWWA contact listed below no later than the last day of the comment period specified herein. Such comments shall be specific to the section(s) of the standard under review and include sufficient detail so as to enable the reader to understand the commenter’s position, concerns and suggested alternative language, if appropriate.

AWWA’s second Comment Period closes on September 12, 2022.

Send comments to:
Jason Hrdlicka
303.347.6285 phone

The review copy will be edited for publication and may also be revised as appropriate based on any comments received during the public comment period. Therefore, this copy is not suitable for continued utilization and is intended only for comment purposes.

Final publication of the standard may take several months. When it is available, a notice will be published in the official notice section of Journal – American Water Works Association. The standard becomes an effective AWWA standard on the first day of the month following such publication in Journal – American Water Works Association. 

SCOPE
This standard describes shop-applied cement–mortar linings specified in the ANSI/AWWA C100/A21 series of standards for ductile-iron pipe and ductile-iron and gray-iron fittings for potable water, raw water, wastewater, and reclaimed water systems and is intended to be used as a supplement to those standards.

MAJOR REVISIONS 
Major revisions made to the standard in this edition include the following:
1. Clarification to acceptable water use in Sec. 4.4.
2. Clarification to test record requirements in Sec. 5.1.5.
3. Clarification to notice of nonconformance in Sec. 6.1.