| Type | Water |
|---|---|
| name | : Aging Water Mains: To Rehabilitate or Replace? Making a Case for NSF-Certified CIPP Lining to Help Reduce Water Loss and Close the Funding Gap. |
| Speaker 1 | Ryan Graham |
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| speaker1_phone | (281) 639-3237 |
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| speaker1_bio | Ryan Graham As the Senior Vice President of Sales, Ryan oversees all sales functions relating to the Vortex Services division and is charged with implementing critical processes to support its growth. He also leads a team supporting Vortex’s strategic partnerships across the country. Promoted in 2020 to his current role, Ryan directs a nationwide team of business development managers responsible for creating project opportunities for the Services division. Ryan is a 10-year veteran of trenchless infrastructure construction services and is well-versed in the understanding and importance of ensuring the best trenchless method is offered to meet the customer’s unique project demands. Due to the broad offering of trenchless services provided by Vortex Services, Ryan has extensive knowledge and first-hand experience with not only CIPP lining systems for water mains but also with other infrastructure lining, coating and trenchless replacement applications. |
| Abstract Text |
The 2021 infrastructure report card, ASCE gives America's 2.2 million miles of drinking water infrastructure a C-. On average, there is a water main break every two minutes, and an estimated 6 billion gallons of water lost each day. And, despite the growing need for drinking water infrastructure, the federal government's share of capital spending in the water sector has actually decreased from 63% in 1977 to approximately 9% today.
With increased acceptance and utilization of viable trenchless technology solutions, specifically lining technology, there is an opportunity to quickly gain on water main repairs and reduce the number of and frequency of water main breaks, improve water quality and save energy in the transport of water. These solutions will also help close the funding gap. In particular, there has been a significant increase in the demand for CIPP lining technologies approved for water main renewal. Cured-in-Place Pipe (CIPP) was first introduced for gravity sewer applications in 1971. But it wasn’t until 1998 that a fully structural reinforced pressure pipe CIPP was developed for pressurized water service pipelines. The advent of reinforced CIPP liners greatly expanded the use of CIPP as an alternative to replacement, due to its reduced construction footprint and the potential to reduce capital and life cycle cost. History tells us that, CIPP lining technology for pressure water lines has proven to be more difficult to install -- and gain wide acceptance -- than traditional CIPP lining gravity sewer lines. However, the technology is finally to a point where the research, knowledge, engineering, project approach, equipment, and materials have come together to create pressure-rated CIPP lining system that is NSF-certified, cost-effective and installation stable. Our presentation will focus on the latest advancements in CIPP H20 lining technology for water mains. It will provide overview of the history of CIPP for gravity storm and wastewater applications and the leap to pressurized, NSF certified CIPP lining systems where not only does the technology perform and react differently, but the installation mind-set is completely different. The presentation will cover CIPP H20 lining materials, testing, performance properties, installation methodology. We will also cover the environmental, convenance, and cost benefits compared to traditional replacement. Finally, we will provide several examples of successful CIPP H20 installations. |
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