State of technology review report on condition assessment of ferrous water transmission and distribution systems / by James Thomson, Jason Consultants, LLC and Lili Wang, Battelle.

Format:

Book

Government document

Author/Creator:

Thomson, James. (Jason Consultants)

Contributor:

Wang, Lili. (Battelle)

National Risk Management Research Laboratory (U.S.). Office of Research and Development

Battelle Memorial Institute

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Iron pipe--Evaluation.

Iron pipe.

Water-pipes--United States--Maintenance and repair.

Water-pipes.

Water--United States--Distribution--Equipment and supplies.

Water.

Water quality management--Technological innovations--United States.

Water quality management.

Water--Distribution--Equipment and supplies.

Water-pipes--Maintenance and repair.

Water quality management--Technological innovations.

United States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 111 pages) : color illustrations

Other Title:

Condition assessment of ferrous water transmission and distribution systems

Place of Publication:

Cincinnati, Ohio : National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Office of Research and Development, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, [2009]

Summary:

As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) Aging Water Infrastructure Research Program, which supports the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Initiative, scientific and engineering research is being conducted to evaluate and improve promising innovative technologies that can reduce costs and improve the effectiveness of operation, maintenance, and replacement of aging and failing drinking water distribution and wastewater conveyance systems. This report summarizes the current state of the ferrous pipes in the water network, their defects and causes of failure, and the state of condition assessment technologies. Better condition assessment approaches can provide substantial added value to utilities by enabling: (a) early detection and economical correction of problem conditions, which reduce both maintenance costs and catastrophic failures, and (b) confirmation that high-risk pipelines are in good condition, which reduces premature replacement.

Contents:

Characterization of water network in U.S.

State-of-the-art condition assessment of water mains

Technologies for condition assessment

Approaches to condition assessment

Key performance and cost improvement areas

Prospects for short- and long-term improvements to condition assessment for ferrous water mains.

Notes:

"June 2009."

"EPA/600/R-09/055."

"Task order no. 62."

Title from title screen (viewed July 16, 2012).

Includes bibliographical references (pages 62-65).

OCLC:

800083186