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MAR 101976 <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT SUGGESTED POSSIBLY RESTRICTING THE DISCUSSION TO <br />THE COUNCILMEN AND THE COMMISSIONERS WITH THE PUBLIC ABLE TO ATTEND AND <br />OBSERVE. <br />AFTER FURTHER DISCUSSION, IT WAS GENERALLY AGREED THAT SUCH A WORK- <br />SHOP MEETING COULD BE WORKED OUT WITHIN THE NEXT MONTH OR SO. <br />.JAMES DEINDORF, CONSULTING ENGINEER, APPEARED TO PRESENT A REPORT <br />ON THE USE OF P.V.C. PIPE. HE INFORMED THE BOARD THAT HE HAD CONTACTED <br />OFFICIALS IN PALM BEACH COUNTY AND BREVARD COUNTY AND SPENT TIME WITH DR. <br />SMITH WHO COVERS MORE ON A STATEWIDE BASIS AND HAD RECEIVED GOOD REPORTS <br />FROM THOSE THREE SOURCES. PALM BEACH COUNTY HAS BEEN USING IT IN THEIR <br />SYSTEMS FOR FOUR YEARS AND HAS, HAD GOOD EXPERIENCESr HE NOTED THAT BREVARD <br />COUNTY HAS JUST GOTTEN INTO AN EXTENSIVE WATER EXPANSION PROGRAM, AND THEY <br />USE P.V.C. THEMSELVES AND ALLOW DEVELOPERS TO USE.I'T. THERE ARE SOME <br />RECOMMENDED LIMITATIONS, HOWEVER. IT IS NOT RECOMMENDED TO BE USED IN PIPE <br />OVER S" IN DIAMETER, WHICH SHOULD BE EITHER CAST IRON OR DUCTILE IRON, AND <br />THEY DO NOT ALLOW P.V.C. UNDER ROAD CROSSINGS. ALSO ALL JOINTS SHOULD BE <br />CAST IRON. THEY USE A CLASS 160 P.V.C., WHICH TESTS EXACTLY THE SAME AS <br />CAST IRON. <br />HE CONTINUED THAT THERE HAVE BEEN SOME DRAWBACKS. ST. LUCIE COUNTY, <br />FOR INSTANCE, DOES NOT ALLOW P.V.C. MAINLY BECAUSE YOU CAN'T LOCATE IT WITH <br />A METAL DETECTOR. HE STATED THAT IN THE PAST THERE HAD BEEN SOME PROBLEMS <br />WITH QUALITY CONTROL, BUT HE FELT THIS HAS BEEN CORRECTED. <br />MR. BEINDORF STATED THAT HIS RECOMMENDATION WOULD BE THAT P.V.C. <br />WOULD BE AN ALTERNATE THROUGH 8" IN DIAMETER, BUT ANYTHING OVER THAT SHOULD <br />BE EITHER CAST IRON OR DUCTILE IRON. HE ALSO RECOMMENDED THAT IT NOT BE <br />USED UNDER ROAD CROSSINGS AND THE JOINTS BE OF CAST IRON. <br />CHAIRMAN SIEBERT ASKED WHAT REGULATIONS WOULD WE HAVE TO REVISE <br />TO ALLOW THIS? <br />MR. BEINDORF ANSWERED THAT YOU REALLY DON `T HAVE A REGULATION. <br />THIS WAS MORE OF A MATTER TAKEN UP WITH THE UTILITY DEPARTMENT, AND SEVERAL <br />OF THE PROJECTS THAT CAME UP FOR REVIEW AND APPROVAL HAD TO USE CAST IRON <br />WHERE IT WAS GOING TO BE WITHIN A COUNTY RIGHT-OF-WAY. IN PRIVATE PROPERTY <br />THEY CAN GO BY THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATE. <br />53 <br />Boot 159 <br />I <br />