Exhibitor Solutions Theater: The Rediscovery of Vitrified Clay Pipe
(Room Exhibit Hall - APWA Connect LIVE! Booth 1925)
08 Sep 19
2:00 PM
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2:50 PM
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Exhibitor Solutions Theater
After 6,000-years as the worldwide sewer material of choice and 200 years’ experience in U.S. sanitary sewers, municipalities are rediscovering clay pipe. When municipalities inspect their sewers, they find clay pipe that is over 100-years old and still functioning as designed. Other pipe materials, installed in the last 30-50 years are failing. Plans built on an assumption of continuing service life based solely on the age of the pipe have been revised. The newer pipe is prioritized for replacement and the older pipe will continue in service for the foreseeable future. This experience is leading engineers, maintenance professionals and municipalities to the clay pipe that is manufactured today.