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CODES AND STANDARDS

CODES AND STANDARDS 1.3

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF TESTING AND
MATERIALS (ASTM)

ASTM’s objectives are to develop full consensus standards for the characteristics and per-
formance of various materials, products, standards, and services; to develop and publish
information designed to promote the understanding and advancement of technology; and
to ensure the quality and safety of products and services.
ASTM has developed standards that consist of 67 volumes divided into 16 sections.
Each volume is published annually to incorporate new standards and revisions.

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERS (ASME)

ASME promotes the arts and sciences connected with engineering and mechanical con-
struction for scientific purposes.
The ASME publishes the two principal codes used in facility systems: the Boiler and
Pressure Vessel Code and ASME B31 series, Code for Pressure Piping. The Code for
Pressure Piping has the following published sections:
B31.l. Power Piping
B31.3. Chemical Plant and Petroleum Refinery Piping
B31.4. Liquid Transpiration Systems for Hydrocarbons, Liquid and Petroleum Gas,
Anhydrous Ammonia, and Alcohols
B31.5. Refrigeration Piping
B31.8. Gas Transmission and Distribution Piping
B31.9. Building Services Piping
B31.11. Slurry Transportation Piping

AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SANITARY
ENGINEERS (ASSE)

ASSE promotes the welfare, health, and safety of the public through better sanitary engi-
neering principles.

AMERICAN WATER WORKS
ASSOCIATION (AWWA)

The purpose of the AWWA is to promote public health, safety, and welfare by improving
the quality and increasing the quantity of water delivered to the public and to further an
understanding of the problems involved by:

1. Advancing the knowledge, design, construction, operation, water treatment, and man-
agement of water utilities
2. Developing standards for procedures, equipment, and materials used by public water
supply system

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