MIL-HDBK-1005/9A
Table 5
Sewer Pipe Selection Guide
Pipe Material
Remarks
Vitrified clay (VC)
Use for domestic sewage and industrial
(gravity)
wastewaters. VC pipe is especially
resistant to acid, alkali, hydrogen
sulfide (septic sewage), erosion, and
scour.
Ductile iron steel
Use for domestic sewage where stale or
(gravity)
septic conditions are not anticipated.
Do not use in corrosive soils.
Concrete (gravity)
Primarily used for large diameter
trunk and interceptor sewers. Do not
use in corrosive soils.
PVC may be used for normal domestic
Polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
sewage and industrial wastewaters.
(building services and
Good for use in corrosive soil
gravity)
conditions. Special care should be
given to trench loadings and pipe
bedding.
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
ABS may be used for normal domestic
(ABS)solid wall (gravity)
sewage and industrial wastewater.
Cautions similar to PVC pipe should be
exercised. ABS pipe is subject to
more deflection in buried or exposed
conditions than PVC.
Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene
This pipe is also known as truss pipe.
(ABS)composite (gravity)
An ABS thermoplastic which has been
extruded into a truss with inner and
outer web-connected pipewalls. The
voids are filled with lightweight
concrete. ABS may be used for
collector lines for corrosive domestic
sewage and industrial wastewaters.
This pipe is also known as truss pipe.
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