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title: Go with the Flow
description: ASTM pipe committees make an impact on water systems and safety By Cicely Enright Published in the July/August Issue of ASTM Standardization News While it’s not completely clear how much you need to drink each day (eight glasses is an easy but not necessarily final answer), most of us expect that we’ll have clean water […]
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# [Go with the Flow](https://news.concretepipe.org/go-with-the-flow)

 Written by [ACPA News](https://news.concretepipe.org/author/acpa-news) | Aug 9, 2017 5:41:55 PM

### Go with the Flow

ASTM pipe committees make an impact on water systems and safety  
By Cicely Enright  
*Published in the July/August Issue of ASTM Standardization News*

While it’s not completely clear how much you need to drink each day (eight glasses is an easy but not necessarily final answer), most of us expect that we’ll have clean water to drink.

That clean water comes out of the tap because of public infrastructure systems — systems that carry water from lakes, groundwater, and rivers to treatment plants. Following disinfection and filtration, another part of the system distributes water to individuals and companies.

… “Standards have been the backbone of the concrete pipe industry,” says Josh Beakley, P.E., vice president of engineering at the American Concrete Pipe Association. “Without standards, we don’t really have an industry…”

*[Click here](https://www.concretepipe.org/wp-content/uploads/ASTM-Beakley-Go-with-the-Flow-Standardization-News-July-2017.pdf) to read more.*

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