banned, the latter is also advocated by the state can be used temporarily.
China's Ministry of Construction and other four ministries and commissions also issued a document explicitly banning galvanized pipes as water supply pipes from 2000.
Galvanized pipes are rarely used in cold water pipes of new residential areas, and some residential hot water pipes use galvanized pipes. Hot dip galvanized steel pipe has a wide range of applications in fire, electric power and highway.