Standards and Guidelines

Guiding principles for requirements for drinking water, planning, construction, operation and maintenance of supply systems, Technical Rule of the DVGW

Pipes made of polyethylene (PE) – PE 63, PE 80, PE 100, PE-HD – Dimensions

Pipes made of polyethylene (PE) PE 63, PE 80, PE 100, PEHD
– General quality requirements, tests

Pipelines made of thermoplastics; pipe joints; pipeline components; installation
– General guidelines

Earthworks and foundation engineering – Soil classification for civil engineering purposes

Plastic piping systems for gas supply – Polyethylene (PE)
Part 1: General

Plastic piping systems for gas supply – Polyethylene (PE)
Part 2: Pipes

Gas supply systems – Pipelines with a maximum allowable operating pressure up to and including 16 bar,
Part 1: General functional recommendations

Gas supply systems – Pipelines with a maximum allowable operating pressure up to and including 16 bar,
Part 2: Specific functional recommendations for polyethylene

Plastic piping systems for water supply – Polyethylene (PE)
Part 1: General

Plastic piping systems for water supply – Polyethylene (PE)
Part 2: Pipes

Plastic piping systems for water supply – Polyethylene (PE)
Part 3: Fittings

Plastic piping systems for water supply – Polyethylene (PE)
Part 5: Fitness for purpose of the system

Water supply — Requirements for water supply systems and their components outside buildings

Geotechnical investigation and testing — Identification, description and classification of soil
Part 1: Identification and description

Geotechnical investigation and testing — Identification, description and classification of soil
Part 2: Principles for a classification of soils

Geotechnical investigation and testing — Identification, description and classification of rock
Part 1: Identification and description

Plastics – Determination of Charpy impact properties
Part 1: Non-instrumented impact test

Gas service lines for operating pressures up to 4 bar – Planning and installation

Gas pipelines up to 10 bar operating pressure made of polyethylene (PE 80, PE 100 and PE-Xa); installation

Renewal of gas and water pipelines by pipe pulling-in or pipe insertion with annular gap

Rehabilitation of gas and water pipelines by PE relining without annular gap
– Requirements, quality assurance and testing

Steerable horizontal flush drilling methods for gas and water pipelines
– Requirements, quality assurance and testing

Trenchless renewal of gas and water supply lines by pipe bursting
– Requirements, quality assurance and testing

Milling and ploughing methods for gas and water pipelines
– Requirements, quality assurance and testing

Trenchless construction methods for gas and water service lines
– Requirements, quality assurance and testing

Welding of pipes and pipeline components made of polyethylene (PE 80, PE 100 and PE-Xa) for gas and water pipelines – Training and test plan

Welding supervision for welding work on pipelines made of PE-HD for gas and water supply
– Training and test plan

Squeezing off pipelines made of polyethylene in gas and water distribution

Plastic piping systems in gas and water distribution; requirements and tests –
Pipes made of PE 80 and PE 100

Technical Rules for Water Distribution Systems (TRWV) – Planning

Technical Rules for Water Distribution Systems (TRWV) – Construction and testing

Defects in welded joints made of thermoplastics – characteristics, description, assessment

Testing of welded joints made of thermoplastics – requirements

Testing of welded joints made of thermoplastics – tensile test

Testing of welded joints made of thermoplastics – impact tensile test

Testing of welded joints made of thermoplastics – creep tensile test

Testing of welded joints made of thermoplastics – technological bending test

Welding of thermoplastics – heated tool welding of pipes, pipeline components and sheets made of PE-HD

Industrial pipelines made of thermoplastics – design and execution, above-ground piping systems

for pipelines made of high-density polyethylene (PE 80 and PE 100) in drinking water and water supply outside buildings

for polyethylene (PE) pipelines for gas distribution outside buildings

Material polyethylene (PE) for the manufacture of pressure pipes and fittings – requirements and tests

Polyethylene pipes for alternative installation techniques – dimensions, technical requirements and testing

Pressure pipes made of PE 80 and PE 100 in general, with the quality mark of the Gütegemeinschaft Kunststoffrohre e.V.

Pressure pipes made of PE 80 and PE 100 for gas, with the quality mark of the Gütegemeinschaft Kunststoffrohre e.V.

Pressure pipes made of PE 80 and PE 100 for drinking water, with the quality mark of the Gütegemeinschaft Kunststoffrohre e.V.