Understanding and Using AWWA Standards for Water Utilities

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Understanding and Using AWWA Standards for Water
Utilities
AWWA StandardsAt Work Every Day!!!
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Water facts

• 79,000 tons of chlorine per year used to treat
  water.
• 1 million miles of pipelines and aqueducts carry
  water in the United States and Canada.

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Objectives

• What are the AWWA Standards?
• How can they help me?
• How can I use them effectively?
• How are Standards developed?
• Who develops them?
• What are some interesting facts about AWWA
  Standards?

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How can I become active in the Standards process?
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What are AWWA Standards?

• Were first published in 1908
• Are minimum requirements for design,
  installation, performance and manufacturing
• Are not specifications
• Are not endorsements
• Are voluntarily used

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Understanding the difference is crucial

• Standards set minimum requirements for products.
• Standards are tools that
  can be used to write specifications.

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Understanding the difference is crucial

• Specifications go beyond the parameters of
  standards.
• Specifications include unique characteristics
  that the user requires delivery
  requirements, defaults, insurance,
  bonding, etc.

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How Standards can help you?

• Design/Specification Preparation
• Purchasing
• Understanding Whats Happening
• Maintenance
• Regulatory Compliance

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How to use the Standards effectively

• Identify your options and special requirements
• Use the right standard
• Use the most recent edition
• Read the entire standard including foreword and
  appendices

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Standards Designations

• Series Type (e.g. C-700)
• Year standard approved or last revised (e.g.
  C700-02)

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Anatomy of a Standard

• Inside Cover What a Standard Is
• Committee Personnel
• Table of Contents
• Foreword
• 6 Sections (General, References, Definitions,
  Requirements, Verification, Delivery)
• Appendices

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Standards Group Designations
A100 Ground Water and Wells B100
FiltrationB200 SofteningB300 Disinfection
ChemicalsB400 CoagulationB500 Scale and
Corrosion ControlB600 Taste and Odor
ControlB700 ProphylaxisC100 Ductile Iron
Pipe and FittingsC200 Steel Pipe
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Standards Designations

• C300 Concrete PipeC400 Asbestos-Cement
  PipeC500 Valves and HydrantsC600 Pipe
  InstallationC650 Disinfection of
  FacilitiesC700 MetersC800 Service
  LinesC900 Plastic PipeD100 StorageF100 Plant
  Equipment

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Standards Development Process

• Consensus by Standards Committee
• Review by Standards Council
• Public Review
• AWWA Board of Directors Approval
• ANSI Approval

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American National Standard Institute

• AWWA Standards are also adopted as American
  National Standards (ANSI).
• ANSI requires an open development process.
• ANSI audits standards developers.

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Standards Committee Members

• Producer Representatives (may only comprise 1/3
  of voting membership)
• General Interest Members
• Consumers

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Committee Members

• Have experience and interest in the topic and be
  committed.
• Ideally attend 1 meeting per year and take
  responsibility for assignments and
  ballot returns seriously.

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Current AWWA Standards Activities

• 52 Committees
• 132 Standards
• 13 Manuals of Water Supply Practice
• 1500 AWWA Volunteers involved
• 3 AWWA Staff Professional Engineers

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Availability of Standards
http//www.awwa.org
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How can you get involved in the Standards
process?

• Log on to http//www.awwa.org
• Click on Science and Technology
• Click on Volunteer

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Why use AWWA Standards?

• Vital guidelines
• Quick Reference
• Trusted Source

You can become part of the AWWA Volunteer Team
too!
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What Questions do you have?
AWWA Standards Department standards_at_awwa.orgPh
303-794-7711 Fax [phone]