Uniformat G3010

Watermain valve

Also called gate valve, main valve, isolation valve

• Confidence C
• Version 0.1.0
• Reviewed 2026-10-21

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.

Basis

• 75 years · Kenora: AF-6-1 Tangible Capital Asset Policy (By-law 34-2026), p17 · “Water Mains - Valves” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Kingston: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p15 · “Water Utility - Water Other: Water valves” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 40 years · Prince Edward: FIN-12 Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p34 · “Water - Valves (Pooled)” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 50 years · Trent Lakes: 5.17 Capital Asset Policy, p10 · “Water - Valves” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on 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.

Know the answer? Send it with a source to [email protected].

Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Watermain valve, v0.1.0. https://unfinished.one/c/water-valve/v/0.1.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_water_valve_0_1_0,
  title = {Watermain valve},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.1.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/water-valve/v/0.1.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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