Cedar Falls committee backs utility’s limits on water-service pipe materials
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.
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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.
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