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Baltimore County Says: Pipe Futures Are Plastic
Author(s) -
Mazurek Mike
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
opflow
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1551-8701
pISSN - 0149-8029
DOI - 10.1002/j.1551-8701.2006.tb01872.x
Subject(s) - high density polyethylene , water pipe , directional drilling , bay , drilling , futures contract , chesapeake bay , corrosion , forensic engineering , environmental science , polyethylene , geology , geotechnical engineering , engineering , mining engineering , civil engineering , metallurgy , oceanography , materials science , composite material , mechanical engineering , business , finance , inlet , estuary
This article discusses a main replacement project in northeast Maryland's Baltimore County near the Chesapeake Bay. An 8‐in. metal water main that had experienced acute failures over the years due to corrosion‐causing longitudinal cracks that split the pipe was replaced by high‐density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe. The article discusses installation, horizontal directional‐drilling (HDD) technology, and suitability of the PE pipe for the soil type in that area.