AWWA COMMENT PERIOD ON AWWA C233, Geotextile Backed Tape Coatings for Steel Water Pipe and Fittings

AWWA COMMENT PERIOD ON AWWA C233, Geotextile Backed Tape Coatings for Steel Water Pipe and Fittings

May 13, 2024

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 45-day public comment period for AWWA and ANSI. An electronic public review copy of the proposed standard can be obtained for review during the comment period by emailing ETS Support (ETSsupport@awwa.org). 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 Comment Period closes on July 1, 2024.

Send comments to:

Liz Ralph, LRalph@awwa.org

303.347.6177 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 Therefore, this copy is not suitable for continued utilization and is intended only for comment purposes.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 protective coatings that consist of liquid adhesive and geotextile backed tape coating systems and their applications to steel water pipe and fittings to be used for underground steel water pipelines. Geotextile backed tape coating systems conforming to this standard may be field- or shop-applied to uncoated fittings, or field-applied to pipelines and joints protected with organic coatings, such as those described in ANSI*/AWWA C203, ANSI/AWWA C209, ANSI/AWWA C210, ANSI/AWWA C213, ANSI/AWWA C214, ANSI/AWWA C215, ANSI/AWWA C216, ANSI/AWWA C222 and ANSI/AWWA C229. These geotextile backed tapes can be used for repair of ANSI/AWWA C214 machine-applied coatings in accordance with the coating manufacturer’s recommendations. These geotextile backed tapes are not intended for use with either aboveground exposed steel joints or sections of steel pipe where coatings of cement mortar or concrete have been applied directly onto the bare steel pipe.

MAJOR REVISIONS

This is the first edition of this standard.