Lead Service Lines: HDPE Solutions and Lead Challenges

HDPE SOLUTIONS (TRENCHLESS & OPEN CUT)
  • ANSI/AWWA C901: Standard for Polyethylene (PE) Pressure Pipe and Tubing, 3/4" (13 mm) through 3" (76 mm) for Water Service.
  • ANSI/AWWA C810-17 Replacement and Flushing of Lead Service Lines
  • AWWA M55: Manual for the Design and Installation of Polyethylene Pipe in water Applications.
  • PPI Technical Response to Flint FAST Start Program
  • Plastics News, June 9, 2016: Flint Evaluating Plastic Pipe
  • Livonia, MI: HDPE Saves Infrastructure in Tough Economic Times
  • AWWA C901 - NSF 61 / NSF 14
  • PPI Polyethylene Piping Systems Field Manual for Municipal Water Applications
  • MAB-7 - MAB Guidelines for Use of Mini-Horizontal Directional Drilling for Placement of HDPE (PE4710) Pipe in Municipal Applications
  • City of Cascade Idaho Employs HDPE for Entire Water and Wastewater System
  • 2" HDPE pipe brings life back to Miami-Dade Water System
  • Advanced Polyethylene Pipe Protects New Lake Huron Water Supply
LEAD SERVICE LINES CHALLENGES
  • Poisoning the Well: The US's Unsafe Drinking Water (1/3/2017)
  • Fresno bans galvanized pipes as response to northeast's tainted water
  • At least 33 US cities used water testing 'cheats' over lead concerns (The Guardian, 2016)
  • AWWA Lead Resource Community
  • Lead Pipe for Service... (1859)
  • Chadwick-Boston Lead Co. (1915)
  • DrinkTap