Plastic Pipe Institute Pipe HDPE Resource Links

MAB Publications

• MAB-1 - MAB Generic Electrofusion Procedure for Field Joining of 12 Inch & Smaller Polyethylene (PE) Pipe (3rd ed. Dec 2025)
• MAB-02 - MAB Generic Electrofusion Procedure for Field Joining of 14 Inch to 30 Inch Polyethylene (PE) Pipe 
• MAB-03 - Model Specification for PE 4710 Buried Potable Water Service, Distribution and Transmission Pipes and Fittings  
• MAB-04 - Basic HDPE Repair Options 
• MAB-05 - Guidelines for PE 4710 Pipe Bursting of Potable Water Mains 
• MAB-06 - MAB Guidelines for HDPE Pipeline Inspection 
• MAB-07 - MAB Guidelines for Use of Mini-Horizontal Directional Drilling for Placement of HDPE (PE4710) Pipe in Municipal Applications
• PPI TR-46 2009 - Guidelines for Use of Mini-Horizontal Directional Drilling for Placement of High Density Polyethylene Pipe  (Note: Refer to MAB-7 for municipal water applications or to PPI TN-48 for conduit.)
• MAB-08 - MAB Guidelines for Fusing HDPE Pipe in Cold and Inclement Weather

Standards

• Links to AWWA, NSF, ASTM, NAVFAC, FM standards https://plasticpipe.org/municipal_pipe/mid-water-standards.html 

Software 

• S-1 (2011) PPI BoreAid™ Calculator 
• S-3 (2013) PPI PACE Software Calculator 
• S-4 (2021) BCD Plastic Pipe Design Calculator 
• S-5 (2018) HDPEapp V 2.0 Calculator 
• S-6 (2020) Conduit Design Calculator 
• S-7 (2021) Gas Pipeline Calculator 
• S-8 (2023) Gas Distribution Plastic Pipe Leak Test Pressure Calculator

Videos 

• Municipal & Industrial
  

Design Aids 

• Handbook of PE Pipe 
• Polyethylene Piping Systems Field Manual for Municipal Water Applications

Manuals 

• Material Handling Guide (Solid Wall)

HDPE Research Reports 

• Jana on HDPE and PVC fatigue https://plasticpipe.org/pdf/mid-fatigue-plastic-water-pipe-01-12-12.pdf
• CSIRO on life cycle cost of HDPE vs PVC vs DI https://plasticpipe.org/pdf/life-cycle-cost-study.pdf
• Water RF and CSIRO on PE https://www.waterrf.org/research/projects/long-term-performance-prediction-pe-pipe
• Water RF and EPA on PE4710 https://cfpub.epa.gov/si/si_public_record_report.cfm?Lab=NRMRL&dirEntryId=310956
• WaterRF and Earthquakes (PE, PVC, ..) https://www.waterrf.org/research/projects/recent-earthquakes-implications-us-water-utilities
• Kubota Corp. on PE and earthquakes https://plasticpipe.org/pdf/polyethylene-pipeline-performance-against-earthquake.pdf
• UK Failure database on PE, PVC, DI, …https://plasticpipe.org/pdf/ukwir-national-mains-failure-databas