Specifications - State of Delaware

SECTION 221116 - DOMESTIC WATER PIPING
PART 1 - GENERAL
1.01 SUMMARY:
A. This Section includes domestic water piping and water meters inside the building.
B. Related Work Specified Elsewhere:
1. Water-service piping outside the building from source to the point where water-service
piping enters the building: DIVISION 33.
2. Thermometers, pressure gauges, and fittings: SECTION 230519 - METERS AND
GAUGES.
3. Water distribution piping specialties: SECTION 221119 - DOMESTIC WATER PIPING
SPECIALTIES.
1.02 REFERENCES:
A. Applicable Standards:
1. American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM):
a. B32 - Solder Metal.
b. B75 - Seamless Copper Tube.
c. B88 - Seamless Copper Water Tube.
d. B584 - Copper Alloy Sand Castings for General Applications.
e. B813 - Liquid and Paste Fluxes for Soldering of Copper and Copper Alloy Tube.
f. B828 - Practice for Making Capillary Joints by Soldering of Copper and Copper
Alloy Tube and Fittings.
g. F877 - Crosslinked Polyethylene (PEX) Plastic Hot- and Cold-Water Distribution
Systems.
h. F1807 - Metal Insert Fittings Utilizing a Copper Crimp Ring for SDR9 Crosslinked
Polyethylene (PEX) Tubing.
2. American Water Works Association (AWWA):
a. C606 - Grooved and Shouldered Joints.
b. C651 - Disinfecting Water Mains.
c. C652 - Disinfection of Water-Storage Facilities.
d. C701 - Cold-Water Meters - Turbine Type, for Customer Service.
e. M6 - Water Meters - Selection, Installation, Testing, and Maintenance.
3. ASME International (ASME):
a. B16.18 - Cast Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure Fittings.
b. B16.22 - Wrought copper and Copper Alloy Solder Joint Pressure Fittings.
c. B16.24 - Cast Copper Alloy Pipe-Flanges, Class 150, 300, 400, 600, 900, 1500, and
2500, and Flanged Fittings, Class 150 and 300.
4. Copper Development Association, Inc.
a. Copper Tube Handbook.
5. Manufacturers Standardization Society of the Valve and Fittings Industry Inc. (MSS):
a. SP-69 - Pipe Hangers and Supports - Selection and Application.
b. SP-123 - Non-Ferrous Threaded and Solder-Joint Unions for Use with Copper
Water Tube.
6. NSF International (NSF):
a. 61 - Drinking Water System Components - Health Effects.
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