BS ISO BRITISH STANDARD 16149:2006 Agricultural irrigation equipment PvC above-ground low-pressure pipe for surface irrigation - Specifications and test methods ICS 65.060.35 BSi NO COPYING WITHOUT BSI PERMISSION EXCEPT AS PERMITTED BY COPYRIGHT LAW British Standards BSISO 16149:2006 National foreword This British Standard reproduces verbatim IS0 16149:2006 and implements it as the UK national standard. The UK participation in its preparation was entrusted to Technical Committee AGE/3o, Irrigation and drainage equipment, which has the responsibility to: aid enquirers to understand the text; present to the responsible international/European committee any enquiries on the interpretation, or proposals for change, and keep UK interests informed; monitor related international and European developments and promulgate them in the UK. A list of organizations represented on this committee can be obtained on request to its secretary. Cross-references The British Standards which implement international publications referred to in this document may be found in the BSI Catalogue under the section entitled "International Standards Correspondence Index", or by using the"Search" facility of theBSIElectronic Catalogue or of British Standards Online. This publication does not purport to include all the necessary provisions of a contract. Users are responsible for its correct application. Compliance with a British Standard does not ofitself confer immunity from legal obligations. Summary of pages This document comprises a front cover, an inside front cover, the ISO title page, pages ii and i, a blank page, pages 1 to 8, an inside back cover and a back cover. The BSI copyright notice displayed in this document indicates when the document was last issued. This British Standard was Amendments issued since publication published under the authority of the Standards Policy and Date Amd. No. Comments Strategy Committee on 31 March 2006 BSI ISBN0580479870 BSISO16149:2006 ISO INTERNATIONAL STANDARD 16149 First edition 2006-02-15 Agricultural irrigation equipment Pvc above-ground low-pressure pipe for surface irrigation s Specifications andtest methods Materiel agricole d'irrigation - Tube en PvC, posé au-dessus du sol et utiliseavecbassepressionpourI'irrigationensurface- -Specifications etmethodesd'essai Reference number ISO 16149:2006(E) i BSIS016149:2006 Foreword IsO (the International Organization for Standardization)is a worldwide federation of national standards bodies (isO member bodies). The work of preparing International Standards is normally carried out through IsO technical committees. Each member body interested in a subject for which a technical committee has been InternationalElectrotechnicalCommission(lEC)onallmattersofelectrotechnicalstandardization. International Standards are drafted in accordance with the rules given in the ISO/lEC Directives, Part 2. The main task of technical committees is to prepare International Standards. Draft International Standards adopted by the technical committees are circulated to the member bodies for voting. Publication as an International Standard requires approval byat least 75% of thememberbodies casting avote Attention is drawn to the possibility that some of the elements of this document may be the subject of patent rights. IsO shall not be held responsible for identifying any or all such patent rights. ii blank BSISO16149:2006 Agricultural irrigation equipment Pvc above-ground low-pressure pipe for surface irrigation Specifications and test methods 1 Scope This InternationalStandardspecifies the requirementsfor unplasticizedpolyvinyl chloride (PvC)piping,used diameters of from 50 mm to 315 mm, operating at low pressures and exposed to sunlight. 2 Normative references The following referenced documents are indispensable for the application of this document. For dated document (including any amendments)applies. Iso1167-1,Thermoplastics pipes, fittings and assemblies for the conveyance of fluids -