PCCP pipeline monitoring Articles
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Birmingham Water Works Board Leak Detection Program case study
Service: SoundPrint AFO Client: Baltimore City Project Date: 2012 Location: Baltimore, MD Type of Pipeline: Water Transmission Main Diameter: 54-inch (1350mm) Pipe Material: PCCP Baltimore City features 130 miles of Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP), 15 percent of which is Class IV PCCP installed in the 1970s. This particular class of pipe has been prone to early failures ...
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Case study - Baltimore City public works intervenes on pipe section about to fail
Service: SoundPrint AFO Client: Baltimore City Project Date: 2012 Location: Baltimore, MD Type of Pipeline: Water Transmission Main Diameter: 54-inch (1350mm) Pipe Material: PCCP Baltimore City features 130 miles of Prestressed Concrete Cylinder Pipe (PCCP), 15 percent of which is Class IV PCCP installed in the 1970s. This particular class of pipe has been prone to early failures across the ...
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True Partnership: “It’s like pure is a true extension of our staff team—that’s what makes their relationship with WSSC work so well”
The best relationships are built on trust and responsiveness. Collaboration between The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) and Pure Technologies began in earnest nearly a decade ago, and continues today as the two partners work together as one unified team to ensure the overall health of WSSC’s extensive large diameter water main network. The Washington Suburban Sanitary ...
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Case study - Man-Made River Authority (MRA)
Service: SoundPrint® AFO Client: Man-Made River Authority Project Date: Ongoing since 2004 Location: Ajdabiya, Libya Type of Pipelines: Raw Water Transmission Mains Diameter: 158-inch (4 meter) Pipe Material: PCCP Length: 1,200 km Results: 35,000 wire breaks as of 2011 Libya's Man Made River With more than 4,000 km of mainly four-metre diameter prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) in ...
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Who says you need multiple wire breaks for a PCCP pipe to fail?
Abstract On Sunday, October 5, at about 2:30 a.m. a section of 72-inch prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) failed. The 72-inch-diameter PCCP was nominally capable of sustaining an internal pressure of 281 psi. Previous examinations of the pipeline, utilizing the best available nondestructive examination techniques, provided little indication that this pipe section was at risk of failure. ...
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Robot Device for Pipe Inspection - Case Study
In 2005, Pure Technologies (Pure), a provider of various structural monitoring and leak-detection technologies, set about to develop a pipeline assessment tool that could monitor and report on the condition of pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipes (PCCP) utilized in municipal water and sewer systems. The tool’s competitive advantage would be accurate assessment decoupled from the need to ...
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London Region Develops “Intelligent” Infrastructure for the HELP Clean Water Project
For progressive municipalities, forward thinking about infrastructure can pay huge dividends down the road. In London region, the HELP Clean Water Funding Initiative (Huron-Elgin-London Project Clean Water) was started to create sustainable water supply for a major population hub in Ontario. The project has been 11 years in the making, with ongoing technology-driven improvements planned for the ...
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Case study - Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission
After WSSC began experiencing major PCCP failures in the 1970s, it developed a strong commitment to infrastructure management technology in favor of large capital replacements. Beginning in 2007, WSSC and Pure Technologies began a partnership to create a comprehensive PCCP management program. The Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) is the 8th largest water and wastewater utility in ...
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