NEW Poly Podcast Now Available

#34 The PE Alliance is pleased to publish the final podcast of 2024. Dave Stewart, who is a legend in the HDPE world given his HDPE adoption and municipal use in the Austin TX suburb Lago Vista, talks to the Alliances Dan Landy and Peter Dyke about HDPE pipeline inspection. Dont miss it wherever you get podcast or on YouTube. #fuseitorloseit

Episode #34

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Who We Are

The Alliance for PE Pipe is devoted to sharing the features and benefits of smooth walled pressure pipe to benefit the municipal water and wastewater industry. The Alliance conducts roadshow events and seminars, publishes articles and assists engineers and municipalities as they plan HDPE projects.

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Why HDPE Pipe?

HDPE Pipe is leak-free, tough, flexible, fully-restrained, and cost competitive. Plus, it’s great for trenchless applications. Any one of these attributes makes it a winner, but combined, these features make HDPE pipe THE responsible infrastructure choice of the future.

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Butt fusion is a common joining method used in the world of High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) pipes The pipe ends are cleaned, faced off, heated and then pushed together according to a standard. The result is a leak-free joint that is as strong or stronger than the pipe wall. Thus, HDPE pipe solves for the typical failure mechanisms of legacy materials. It does not leak, it does not pit or corrode, it does not separate when the ground moves and it lasts > 100 years.
Resource: ASTM F2620, McElroy Manufacturing
McElroy: www.mcelroy.com/fusion

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The Alliance for PE Pipe is establishing an PE Professionals Program to formally assemble all of the proven resources and knowledge of expert volunteers within the industry to train and certify individuals to expand the Alliance’s goal of developing the municipal water market. These individuals will work through a dedicated educational program to learn all facets of the HDPE market and prove their knowledge to a board of HDPE experts to earn a certification in the Qualified PE Professionals Program.

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News

Asheville’s Dirty Water Warns of Climate Risk to Aging US Infrastructure

October 18, 2024

By Kendra Pierre-Louis, Zahra Hirji and Michael Smith, Insurance Journal October 18, 2024 Hurricanes Helene and Milton devastated swaths of the southeastern US by bringing too much water. Now, communities are struggling with the opposite problem: too little of it. The North Fork Water Treatment Plant supplies most of the drinking water to Asheville, North Carolina, and some surrounding… >> Read More

With no running water, Asheville finds other ways to flush thousands of toilets

October 13, 2024

By Joel Rose, Rolando Arrieta, NPR October 13, 2024 ASHEVILLE, N.C. — At a public housing complex, volunteers knock on apartment doors offering assistance with an activity most of us take for granted. They carry 5-gallon buckets of water to flush the toilets of grateful residents like John Brown. “I appreciate the fantastic work you… >> Read More

Biden announces new rule to remove all US lead pipes in a decade

October 10, 2024

By Daphne Psaledakis and Jarrett Renshaw, Reuters October 10, 2024 The Biden administration finalized a landmark rule on Tuesday that would require water utilities to replace virtually every lead pipe in the country within 10 years, tackling a major threat that is particularly dangerous to infants and children. The White House has made removing every… >> Read More

Water situation in Asheville dire

September 30, 2024

By Laura Hackett, BPR News September 29, 2024 Nearly 100,000 Asheville residents may not have access to water for weeks, according to a press release shared by the city on Sunday afternoon. “Extensive repairs are required to treatment facilities, underground and aboveground water pipes, and to roads that have washed away which are preventing water… >> Read More

State makes history with permanent water restrictions on cities and towns amid crippling droughts: ‘Conservation is … critical’

September 26, 2024

By Noah Jampol, Thecooldown.com September 25, 2024 For the first time in state history, California is placing permanent water restrictions on cities and towns. As the San Francisco Chronicle reported, the State Water Resources Control Board approved the landmark measure this summer. The new policy will have a major impact with some suppliers having to make… >> Read More

Residents of Mexico City suburb are anxious after living over a month in black sewage water

September 14, 2024

By Mariana Martinez Barba, AP World News September 14, 2024 CHALCO, Mexico (AP) — As 56-year-old Juana Salazar Segundo walked through her home in Chalco, a low-income suburb southeast of Mexico City, she recalled how black, reeking water had reached up to her belly button after flooding early last month. With the receding liquid now down to… >> Read More

‘Is it safe to drink tap water?’: Ask a doctor

September 6, 2024

By Melissa Rudy, Fox News September 6, 2024 Eighty years ago, the United States and Mexico worked out an arrangement to share water from the two major rivers that run through both countries: the Rio Grande and the Colorado. The treaty was created when water wasn’t as scarce as it is now. Water from Mexico… >> Read More

Water treaty between Mexico and U.S. faces biggest test in 80 years

August 16, 2024

By Bria Suggs, NPR August 16, 2024 Eighty years ago, the United States and Mexico worked out an arrangement to share water from the two major rivers that run through both countries: the Rio Grande and the Colorado. The treaty was created when water wasn’t as scarce as it is now. Water from Mexico flows… >> Read More