ANSI/AWWA C210-15

(Revision of ANSI/AWWA C210-07)

®
AWWA Standard

Liquid-Epoxy Coatings
and Linings for Steel
Water Pipe and Fittings

Effective date: Oct. 1, 2015.

First edition approved by AWWA Board of Directors May 18, 1978.
This edition approved June 7, 2015.
Approved by American National Standards Institute June 3, 2015.

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 Committee Personnel
The Steel Water Pipe–Manufacturer’s Technical Advisory Committee (SWPMTAC) Task Group
on C210, which revised this standard, had the following personnel at the time:

Bob Murphy, Chair

Mitch Conner, Vice Chair

R.M. Buchanan, Canusa-CPS, Toronto, Ont., Canada (AWWA)

M. Buratto, LifeLast, Vancouver, Wash. (AWWA)
M. Conner, Carboline, St. Louis, Mo. (AWWA)
A. Fletcher, Tyco Water Pipelines Technologies, Southbank, Victoria, Australia (AWWA)
B.D. Keil, Northwest Pipe Company, Draper, Utah (AWWA)
G. Larsen, Smith-Blair, Texarkana, Texas (AWWA)
D. Libby, Chase Corp., Westwood, Mass. (AWWA)
L. McKinney, Womble Company, Houston, Texas (AWWA)
B. Murphy, Sherwin-Williams Co., Ventura, Calif. (AWWA)
M. Murphy, NOV Ameron, Phoenix, Ariz. (AWWA)
R. Norsworthy, Polyguard Products Inc., Lancaster, Texas (AWWA)
V. O’Dea, Tnemec, Kansas City, Mo. (AWWA)
F. Rampton, Trenton Corporation, Ann Arbor, Mich. (AWWA)
R.N. Satyarthi, Baker Coupling Company Inc., Los Angeles, Calif. (AWWA)
S. Serpe, Arkema, King of Prussia, Penn. (AWWA)
B.P. Simpson, American Spiralweld Pipe Company, Birmingham, Ala. (AWWA)
G. Smith, Northwest Pipe Company, San Diego, Calif. (AWWA)

The AWWA Standards Committee on Steel Pipe, which reviewed and approved this standard, had
the following personnel at the time of approval:

John H. Bambei Jr., Chair

Dennis A. Dechant, Vice Chair
John L. Luka, Secretary

General Interest Members

W.R. Brunzell, Brunzell Associates Ltd., Skokie, Ill. (AWWA)

R.J Card, Lockwood, Andrew & Newnam, Houston, Texas (AWWA)
R.L. Coffey, HDR Engineering Inc., Omaha, Neb. (AWWA)

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H.E. Dunham, MWH Inc., Snohomish, Wash. (AWWA)
S.N. Foellmi, Black & Veatch Corporation, Irvine, Calif. (AWWA)
R.L. Gibson, Freese and Nichols Inc., Fort Worth, Texas (AWWA)
M.D. Gossett,* HDR, Denver, Colo. (AWWA)
M.B. Horsley,* Horsley Engineering LLC, Overland Park, Kan. (AWWA)
R.A. Kufaas, Norske Corrosion & Inspection Services Ltd., Surrey, B.C., Canada (AWWA)
J.L. Mattson, Corrosion Control Technologies, Sandy, Utah (AWWA)
R. Ortega,* Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam, Houston, Texas (AWWA)
E.S. Ralph,† Standards Engineer Liaison, AWWA, Denver, Colo. (AWWA)
A.E. Romer, AECOM, Orange, Calif. (AWWA)
J.R. Snow,* MWH Americas Inc., Denver, Colo. (AWWA)
H.R. Stoner, Consultant, North Plainfield, N.J. (AWWA)
C.C. Sundberg, CH2M, Issaquah, Wash. (AWWA)
W.R. Whidden, Woolpert, Orlando, Fla. (AWWA)

Producer Members

D.W. Angell,† Standards Council Liaison, American Flow Control, Birmingham, Ala. (AWWA)
S.A. Arnaout, Hanson Pressure Pipe Inc., Dallas, Texas (AWWA)
H.R. Bardakjian, Consultant, Glendale, Calif. (AWWA)
D.A. Dechant, Dechant Infrastructure Service, Aurora, Colo. (AWWA)
W.B. Geyer, Steel Plate Fabricators Associates, Lake Zurich, Ill. (AWWA)
B.D. Keil, Northwest Pipe Company, Draper, Utah (AWWA)
J.L. Luka, American SpiralWeld Pipe Company, Columbia, S.C. (AWWA)
R. Mielke,* Northwest Pipe Company, Raleigh, N.C. (AWWA)
J. Olmos, Ameron Water Transmission Group, Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. (AWWA)
G.F. Ruchti,* Consultant, Punta Gorda, Fla. (AWWA)
B.P. Simpson,* American Cast Iron Pipe Company, Birmingham, Ala. (AWWA)
D. Walker, Avid Protective Products LTD/Tnemec Company, Oakville, Ont., Canada (AWWA)
J.A. Wise, Canus International Sales Inc., Surrey, B.C., Canada (AWWA)

User Members

G.A. Andersen, New York City Bureau of Water Supply, Little Neck, N.Y. (AWWA)
J.H. Bambei Jr., Denver Water, Denver, Colo. (AWWA)

* Alternate
† Liaison, nonvoting

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Bob Cheng, Metro Vancouver, Burnaby, B.C., Canada (AWWA)
M.E. Conner, San Diego County Water Authority, San Diego, Calif. (AWWA)
R.V. Frisz, US Bureau of Reclamation, Denver, Colo. (USBR)
G. George, Tacoma Public Utilities, Tacoma, Wash. (AWWA)
T.J. Jordan, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California, La Verne, Calif. (AWWA)
M. McReynolds,* Metropolitan Water District of Southern California,
Los Angeles, Calif. (AWWA)
N.A. Wigner, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, Los Angeles, Calif. (AWWA)

* Alternate

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 Contents
All AWWA standards follow the general format indicated subsequently. Some variations from this
format may be found in a particular standard.

SEC. PAGE SEC. PAGE

Foreword 4.4 Epoxy Application.............................. 5

I Introduction...................................... ix 4.5 Epoxy Repair..................................... 8
I.A Background....................................... ix 4.6 Welded Field Joints............................ 8
I.B History.............................................. ix 4.7 Coating Special Pipe Connections
I.C Acceptance........................................ ix and Appurtenances....................... 8
II Special Issues...................................... x 4.8 Field Procedures................................. 9
III Use of This Standard......................... xi
5 Verification
III.A Purchaser Options and
5.1 Epoxy Materials Prequalification........ 9
Alternatives................................. xi
5.2 Requirements of Epoxy System........ 10
III.B Modification to Standard................. xii
5.3 Quality Assurance and Records........ 10
IV Major Revisions................................ xii
5.4 Inspection and Testing by the
V Comments...................................... xiii
Purchaser................................... 11
5.5 Quality Control Requirements of
Standard
Applied Epoxy System................ 11
1 General
5.6 Rejection.......................................... 12
1.1 Scope................................................. 1
6 Delivery
1.2 Purpose.............................................. 2
6.1 Marking........................................... 13
1.3 Application......................................... 2
6.2 Packaging and Storage...................... 13
2 References......................................... 2
6.3 Affidavit of Compliance................... 13
3 Definitions........................................ 3
Tables
4 Requirements 1 Prequalification Requirements of
4.1 Equipment......................................... 4 Epoxy System............................... 5
4.2 Materials and Safety........................... 4 2 Quality Control Requirements of
4.3 Epoxy System..................................... 4 Applied Epoxy System.................. 5

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