Uniformat G3010

Watermain, HDPE

Also called HDPE watermain, polyethylene watermain

• Confidence B
• Version 0.3.0 (permanent link)
• 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

• 90 years · Barrie: City of Barrie Corporate Asset Management Plan: Proposed Levels of Service, p148 · “Watermain - High Density Polyethylene” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 80 years · Greater Sudbury: Enterprise Asset Management Plan (2023), p26 · “HDPE Watermain” (planning life)
  Asset management plan (planning life). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 75 years · Kenora: AF-6-1 Tangible Capital Asset Policy (By-law 34-2026), p17 · “Water Mains - PE” (accounting life)
  Capital asset policy (amortization period). Approved on text check: the label and value were found on the cited page.
• 70 years · Kingston: Tangible Capital Assets Policy, p15 · “Water Utility - Water Pipes: HDPE” (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.

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Cite this

Citation

unfinished.one (2026). Watermain, HDPE, v0.3.0. https://unfinished.one/c/watermain-hdpe/v/0.3.0

BibTeX

@misc{unfinished_watermain_hdpe_0_3_0,
  title = {Watermain, HDPE},
  author = {{unfinished.one}},
  year = {2026},
  version = {0.3.0},
  url = {https://unfinished.one/c/watermain-hdpe/v/0.3.0},
  note = {CC BY 4.0}
}

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