Drove by big PVC Supply house other day and saw they had a number of large strapped stacks of this PVC pipe that is purple-ish with a hint of pink. Thought, “What the heck?” So what is purple PVC used for? And no, keep the PVC Primer jokes out of this 🙂
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WillieW,
Purple is the code for recycled water.
Don't drink out of the purple pipe or eat the yellow snow.
KK
What coonie says.
It's used for irrigation. Seen along the freeways in California.