Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
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As part of our engineering design specification, we will be using FRP pipe for the underground drinking water utilities. Can some one guide us if there are any health related hazards in using FPR in drinking water service as undergroung pipeline.





RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
Most epoxies contain bisphenol A, which has received significant FDA and media attention in recent years.
RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
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Cory
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RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
You can ask them to provide you with documentation that their product meets NSF 61 (www.nsf.org), which it should if they are selling in the US and Canada.
RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
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RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
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Rodney
RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
"4.4.1 Qualification for potable water service. Materials shall comply with the requirements of the Safe Drinking Water Act and other federal requirements.
4.4.2 Certification. Fiberglass pipe intended for use in the transport of potable water shall be evaluated and certified for this use as required by the local
authority.* The seal or mark of the laboratory that evaluates the pipe should be included on the fiberglass pipe.
4.4.3 Gaskets and lubricants. Gaskets and lubricants shall be made from materials that (1) are compatible with the plastic materials and with each other when
used together; (2) will not support the growth of bacteria; and (3) will not adversely affect the potable qualities of water."
As to "if there are any health related hazards" this could be a broader question. While fiberglass piping has been around for many decades and has reportedly been applied to some large projects and particularly in the Third World, I believe it has been used, at least in the USA for municipal buried drinking water piping and for whatever reasons, rather infrequently compared to other types of pipes. I believe one of the newest USA factories I am aware of for producing fiberglass pipes (built in ~2002) may have even encountered rather quickly some sort of environmental issue involving styrene emissions (and maybe even eventual indictments/convictions?) shortly thereafter, and it may have already changed name or ownership etc.
RE: Fiber Reinforced Plastic (FRP) in Drinking Water Service
ASTM D3299 and ANS/AWWA D120
There are any number of people that produce fiberglass potable water tanks. I just saw two new ones going into shrimp boats to replace corroded CS tanks. The tanks were made by different companies as the labels were entirely different.