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AmericanLifelinesAlliance
A public-private partnership to reduce risk to utility and transportation systems from natural hazards and manmade threats

Seismic Guidelines for Water Pipelines

March 2005

AmericanLifelinesAlliance A public-private partnership to reduce risk to utility and transportation systems from natural hazards and manmade threats

Seismic Guidelines for WaterPipelines March 2005
www.americanlifelinesalliance.org

This report was written under contract to the American Lifelines Alliance, a publicprivate partnership between the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the National Institute of Building Sciences (NIBS). This report was prepared by a team representing practicing engineers in the United States water utility industry andacademics.

Acknowledgements
The following people and their affiliations contributed to this report. Person John Eidinger (Chairman) Bruce Maison Luke Cheng Frank Collins Mike Conner Craig Davis Mike Matson Mike O'Rourke Tom O'Rourke Alex Tang John Wesling Affiliation G&E Engineering Systems Inc. East Bay Municipal Utility District San Francisco Public Utilities Commission Parsons San DiegoWater Department Los Angeles Department of Water & Power Raines, Melton and Carella, Inc. Rennselaer Polytechnic Institute Cornell University Consultant Geomatrix Consultants Inc.

Mr. Doug Honegger provided technical oversight of this project. Mr. Joseph Steller (NIBS) provided project management for this project. G&E would also like to thank the numerous staff of the San FranciscoPublic Utilities Commission, East Bay Municipal Utilities District, City of San Diego Water Department, the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, and all the other participating agencies for their generous help.

Seismic Guidelines for Water Pipelines

Prepared for: National Institute of Building Sciences As part of the: American Lifelines Alliance Prepared by: G&E Engineering SystemsInc.
6315 Swainland Rd Oakland, CA 94611 (510) 595-9453 (510) 595-9454 (fax) eidinger@mac.com

Principal Investigator:
John Eidinger

G&E Report 80.01.01, Revision 0 March, 2005

Seismic Guidelines for Water Pipelines

R80.01.01 Rev. 0

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS.................................................................................................................................... I 1.0 INTRODUCTION .........................................................................................................................................1 1.1 OBJECTIVE OF THE GUIDELINES ..................................................................................................................1 1.2 PROJECTSCOPE............................................................................................................................................2 1.3 ABBREVIATIONS ..........................................................................................................................................2 1.4 LIMITATIONS................................................................................................................................................6 1.5 UNITS ...........................................................................................................................................................7 1.6 ACROBAT FILE FORMAT ..............................................................................................................................7 2.0 PROJECTBACKGROUND........................................................................................................................8 2.1 GOAL OF SEISMIC DESIGN FOR WATER PIPELINES ....................................................................................8 2.2 FLOWCHARTS FOR THE THREE DESIGN METHODS .....................................................................................9 2.3 GUIDELINES CONTEXT...