Uniformat G3020

Concrete sanitary sewer

A concrete sanitary sewer has a useful life of about 80 years, the median of 7 published sources, which state 60–100 years.

Also listed as Sanitary sewer, concrete, concrete sanitary main, RCP sanitary

• Confidence C
• Version 0.4.0 (permanent link)
• Reviewed 2026-10-22

Service life

Years in service. The band runs from the shortest to the longest life the sources state, so it shows how much they disagree, not how long 80% of units last. The line is the median of the stated lives.

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Basis

• 80 years · Brockton: Policy F06-2009-03 Capital Asset Amortization, p2 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 90 years · Greater Sudbury: Enterprise Asset Management Plan (2023), p28 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 100 years · Kenora: AF-6-1 Tangible Capital Asset Policy (By-law 34-2026), p18 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 60 years · Kingston: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p16 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 80 years · Quinte West: A09-POLICY-0034 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, p37 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 80 years · Quinte West: A09-POLICY-0034 Tangible Capital Asset Policy, p37 (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Belleville: Asset Management Plan - Comprehensive Citywide AMP - City of Belleville, p119 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.
• 100 years · Cornwall: 2025 Asset Management Plan City of Cornwall, p317 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.
• 100 years · Cornwall: 2025 Asset Management Plan City of Cornwall, p317 (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Compared with an image of the cited page.

How sources are chosen and recorded: sourcing policy.

Preventive maintenance

No maintenance tasks are sourced for this component yet.

Open questions

• These are Ontario accounting lives from municipal capital asset policies, not planning or observed replacement data.
• No preventive maintenance tasks are sourced yet.

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Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Sanitary sewer, concrete, v0.4.0. https://unfinished.one/c/sanitary-sewer-concrete/v/0.4.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_sanitary_sewer_concrete_0_4_0,
  title = {Sanitary sewer, concrete},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.4.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/sanitary-sewer-concrete/v/0.4.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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