COMMENTARY: A Pipe for All Seasons and Applications
Since the introduction of plastic pipe in the 1950s and the discovery of how efficient and effective installation by trenchless methods can be, the popularity of both has continued to grow.
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Water utility managers are always looking for proven methods to improve operations, enhance the water system and improve service standards. Precipitation, microbiological activity or corrosion can all form deposits on the pipe walls of the water distribution system over time. These accumulations can cause unwanted tastes, odors or discolorations of the water, reduce chlorine residual and may limit the pipe?s conveyance capacity.
Ductile Iron Pipe
This might sound like a clich? but it happens to be very true: no one notices water infrastructure when it?s working. Buried neatly beneath the ground, these networks of pipes supply our homes and businesses with the vital clean water that life requires.
Culvert Market Gaining Strength for Trenchless Industry
Culverts and storm sewers have been a part of our infrastructure even before the advent of the federal highway system in the 1940s and 1950s, when the demand and the necessity for drainage pipes sprang from the growth in the number of automobiles traveling the roadways.
Carbon Fiber Repair for Thrust Restraint Upgrade of 84-in. PCCP
Tucson Water has been the City of Tucson?s municipal water utility for more than 100 years. As a public water provider, Tucson Water serves approximately 710,000 residential, commercial and industrial customers within a 350-sq-mile service area.
Congressmen Introduce ?W21: Water in the 21st Century? Legislation
In July, U.S. Sen. Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), along with U.S. Reps. Grace Napolitano (D-Calif.) and Peter DeFazio (D-Ore.) introduced ?W21: Water in the 21st Century,? legislation that would help communities nationwide better prepare for the future by providing new incentives and investments to help residents, businesses and local water agencies to conserve, recycle and manage limited water supplies.
Senate Bill Would Boost Water Resources Funding by $964 Million
In late July, the Senate Appropriations Committee released the fiscal year 2015 Chairman?s recommendation and explanatory statement for the Department of the Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill.
California Voters to Decide $7.5 Billion Water Plan in November
California voters this November will decide whether to approve the sale of $7.5 billion in bonds to fund water projects in the drought-afflicted state, after the Legislature last month passed and Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed a spending package now headed to the ballot.
The Water Council Announces New Investment Partner
The Water Council and JPMorgan Chase & Co., have entered into a partnership to bring together North America?s investment community and water technology entrepreneurs to match capital with water innovation.The partnership includes a $225,000 grant from JPMorgan Chase as part of the company?s recently launched Small Business Forward initiative ? a national, five-year, $30 million grant program meant to boost small business support networks that help growing enterprises in specific industries.
Smith Named As Next ASCE Executive Director
Thomas W. Smith III, M.ASCE, CAE, was selected as the next executive director of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), effective Jan. 1, 2015. The decision was made at an Aug. 24 meeting of the ASCE Board of Direction in Denver.