Online News-New HDPE Pipe Specification Focuses on Storm Sewer Applications
A new ASTM standard developed by Committee F17 on Plastic Piping Systems will be an important step in advancing the use of high-density polyethylene pipe in municipal storm sewer applications. The standard, F 2306, Specification for 12 to 60 in. (300 to 1500 mm) Annular Corrugated Profile Wall Polyethylene (PE) Pipe and Fittings for Gravity Flow Storm Sewer and Subsurface Drainage Applications, is under the jurisdiction of Subcommittee F17.62 on Sewer.
"This standard is a major leap forward in the acceptance and growth of HDPE pipe," said F17.62 member John Kurdziel, Advanced Drainage Systems, Inc. Kurdziel noted that HDPE pipe has long been used for agricultural and highway drainage applications. As technical advances have allowed for dramatic increases in the diameter of HDPE pipe, its usage in higher profile projects, such as highway culverts, has expanded.