The City of Huntsville, Alabama provides sanitary sewer service to a rapidly growing population near Huntsville International Airport, one of the region’s key economic hubs. As development around the airport corridor expanded, the city’s aging 18- and 24-inch ductile iron force main lines needed replacement to keep pace with demand and reduce the risk of… >> Read More
Grover’s Hill Irrigation District (GHID) serves roughly 275 users across 1,705 acres of farmland in Saint Johns, Arizona, supplying water that supports alfalfa production for livestock, grazing pastures, and supplemental garden watering in Apache County. For years, the District relied on the Lyman Ditch, an open irrigation canal that lost a significant amount of water… >> Read More
Hampton Roads Sanitation District (HRSD) serves more than 1.9 million people across southeast Virginia and the Eastern Shore, operating more than 500 miles of pipeline and treatment facilities capable of processing 225 million gallons per day. HRSD’s journey to HDPE adoption has been a true collective industry effort. HRSD’s relationship with HDPE developed gradually. The… >> Read More
Nunavut is home to several gold mines, operations that bring significant economic activity to one of the country’s most remote regions. These mines run in extreme cold, with limited road access and short construction windows that make even routine infrastructure work difficult. Any project built at these sites has to withstand freezing temperatures, shifting ice… >> Read More
Uintah Water Conservancy District (UWCD) in Vernal, Utah, owns and operates the Steinaker Service Canal, a 12-mile irrigation channel built by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation in 1961. The canal carries roughly 120 cubic feet per second of water from Steinaker Reservoir to farms and landowners across the Ashley Valley. Like many open channels of… >> Read More
The San Antonio Water System (SAWS) is a public utility owned by the City of San Antonio, Texas, with a mission to provide sustainable, affordable water services. The utility serves more than two million people, including over 511,300 water customers and 457,600 wastewater customers, across Bexar, Medina and Atascosa counties. SAWS owns and operates 7,929… >> Read More
East Bay Municipal Utility District (EBMUD) is a trusted provider of essential services to over 1.4 million residents in the East Bay area of Northern California. Their core services include: They own and operate 4,200 miles of water lines, have a 10% water loss rate, and rehabilitate 25 miles per year of their water system for… >> Read More
Palo Alto One of the early, committed users of HDPE pipe is the city of Palo Alto in northern California. This utility is responsible for water, wastewater and gas distribution. The head of the utility knew that gas industry well and that industry uses polyethylene almost exclusively. His question was why not use PE for water. … >> Read More
Seattle Public Utilities (SPU) is a large water and wastewater utility with 1900 miles of water mains serving 1.5 million people each day. They enjoy a respectable 5% water loss rate and see about 200 water main breaks each year. Several years ago the PE Alliance was contacted by SPU engineers and asked to give… >> Read More
The Alliance has collaborated with and educated Austin Water staff for several years. In 2015, several city staff attended a roadshow in nearby Hutto, Texas, with industry partner Gajeske, Inc. During the roadshow, the utility head, Dr. Robert Lamb, engaged with the team and posed numerous, insightful questions. Over time, the utility conducted a few… >> Read More
In a world where urban congestion is a growing concern, the De Halve Maan brewery in Bruges, Belgium, implemented a unique and innovative solution to the problem of brewery truck traffic in a popular tourist town. By installing a 3,300-foot-long underground pipeline made of high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe, the brewery is now able to transport… >> Read More
The Cape Town water crisis in 2018 was primarily caused by a severe drought and ensuing water shortage in the city and greater region. The crisis was primarily a result of prolonged drought conditions, increased water consumption, and inadequate water infrastructure. To address the water shortage, the city of Cape Town implemented various water-saving measures,… >> Read More