Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP) June 30 2009
Ever need to know a little more about PCCP? Well the Pressure Pipe Inspection Company has a great overview of PCCP including history and design features.
Read more about Prestressed Concrete Cyclinder Pipe (PCCP)
Emergency Services for Water Pipeline Ruptures June 19 2009
We hear about water main breaks all the time, causing damage, service outage and traffic delays. In the event of a water main break, fixing the immediate problem is an obvious course of action however determining the impact of the rupture on the entire pipeline is also part of a complete pipeline risk management plan.
PPIC offers emergency pipeline inspection serivices in the event of a water main break or pipeline rupture to determine the full extent of the damage and what it means to rest of the water infrastructure.
http://www.ppic.com/solutions/water_main_breaks.shtml
Leaky and Broken Pipes are Draining Tax Payers June 18 2009
According to an article “Pipes a Cash Drain” that appeared in the Toronto Sun last week (Brian Gray), leakage rates in water pipes across the province on Ontario range between 10% and 50%.
http://www.torontosun.com/news/torontoandgta/2009/06/11/9759596-sun.html
What does this mean? Well, about 130,000 olympic sized swimming pools. Ever fill a pool, do you know how long that takes using a garden hose? It feels like forever. Well, all that water is probably free flowing below our cities, erroding infrastructure and potentially causing safety issues for our citizens. Not to mention tax payers money. Thats right, all that water that is leaking out …
Do You Know What Condition Your Water Pipeline is in? June 17 2009
Its a known fact that most of the water distribution infrastructure that lies underneath our cities is old. America’s drinking water infrastructure just received a “D-” in a recent report from the ASCE : http://www.infrastructurereportcard.org/fact-sheet/drinking-water
What does this mean exactly? Do we have to invest billions of dollars and replace ALL the pipes? Well, no, thankfully there is a company called PPIC. Using patented technology called RFTC, PPIC can determine exactly which pipes need some attention.
Remote Field Transformer Coupling (RFTC)
New Water Pipeline Inspection Technology June 15 2009
Municipalities can significantly reduce pipeline infrastructure costs by only replacing individual pipes that are distressed. New PipeDiver™ Technology Overcomes Major Water Pipeline Inspection Challenges and Drastically Reduces Inspection Costs.
PipeDiver™ offers a unique solution to the ever-widening water infrastructure-funding gap faced by municipalities in the United States – estimated to be $263 billion by the EPA – and many other regions of the world. The system provides critical information about the condition of prestressed concrete cylinder pipelines (PCCP). Compared to alternative methods of large diameter pipeline inspection, PipeDiver™ offers a significant cost savings as the pipeline remains in service, eliminating the …
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