The goal of this study is to present an external pit corrosion rate(Pесг) model with
considering both the age of pipe and the soil characteristics. The correlation of
nonlinear exponential model among conventional empirical models was a little higher
than other empirical models in the prediction of Pесг according to the age of pipe.
However, there has been limit to predict Pесг with the model by using only a pipe age
since installation as a variable. The soil analysis results from sixty nine samples
showed that all of the samples were non corrosive in the assessment of ANSI/AWWA
scoring system. The correlation of soil corrosion factors and Pесг was also low. The
application result of linear and nonlinear regression models that soil characteristics
only showed a low correlation with Pесг Proposed nonlinear regression model in this
study, with considering both the age of pipe and the soil characteristics, showed a
little higher correlation (R²= 0.46)than conventional model.