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Cedar Falls committee backs utility’s limits on water-service pipe materials
Summary
The Committee of the Whole voted 5–1 (1 absent) to direct staff to draft an amendment aligning the city’s plumbing code with Cedar Falls Utilities’ recommended materials—copper, HDPE and ductile iron—citing longevity, locating ease and inspection concerns with PEX.
The Cedar Falls Committee of the Whole voted to direct staff to prepare code amendments that would limit allowable buried water-service materials to copper, high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and ductile iron, with copper as the primary material for services 2 inches and smaller.
Gerald Lukensmeyer of Cedar Falls Utilities told the council that property owners in Cedar Falls own the water service from the main to the meter and that CFU has long enforced more restrictive material policies than the city’s adopted 2021 Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC). Lukensmeyer said copper service lines have been found in place for 50–70 years or more and that HDPE has a long projected lifespan, while PEX was designed for indoor plumbing and presents…
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