PVC Benefits: Pipeline Replacements and Rehabilitation Projects Essential Knowledge Guide

This concise, practical guide (prepared by AWWA in partnership with Westlake Pipe & Fittings) covers the key properties, uses, and advantages of PVC water pipe.

Westlake Pipe & Fittings contributors include Keith Moggach, P.Eng., MASc, Manager, Specification Engineering, and Craig Fisher, P.E., Specification Engineer. AWWA contributors include John R. Hughes, editor; Dawn Flancher, senior manager, technical and research programs; Paul Olson, senior manager, standards; Jason Hrdlicka, standards engineer; Daniel Feldman, designer; and Karen Pacyga, production manager.
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Lightweight, durable, corrosion-resistant PVC pipe is a popular choice when utilities are replacing or rehabilitating water infrastructure. This concise, practical guide (prepared by AWWA in partnership with Westlake Pipe & Fittings) covers the key properties, uses, and advantages of PVC water pipe.

Also included is guidance on:

• Pipe specification and project design
• Trenchless installation options (to minimize surface disruption)
• Best practices for working with PVC water pipes

The guide also examines how one utility replaced its entire distribution system with PVC pipe using trenchless construction methods. 

Lightweight, durable, corrosion-resistant PVC pipe is a popular choice when utilities are replacing or rehabilitating water infrastructure. This concise, practical guide (prepared by AWWA in partnership with Westlake Pipe & Fittings) covers the key properties, uses, and advantages of PVC water pipe.

Also included is guidance on:

• Pipe specification and project design
• Trenchless installation options (to minimize surface disruption)
• Best practices for working with PVC water pipes

The guide also examines how one utility replaced its entire distribution system with PVC pipe using trenchless construction methods. 

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