Aging infrastructure gets HDPE replacement in Orange County

In one of the top vacation destinations in the United States, a large-diameter pipeline is keeping up the momentum for a polyethylene revolution in Central Florida. Orlando, Florida, is the third-most visited city in the U.S., after New York City and Miami. Each year, the city attracts some 2.9 million visitors. Situated on Orlando’s northwest side is Long Lake, an unincorporated, 119-acre lake managed by Orange County. Historically, the lake has maintained a depth of …

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Polyethylene Pipe Plays Role in Wastewater Treatment Plant Renovation

The Town of Denton, Maryland installed a 400-foot-long high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe as part of needed wastewater treatment plant upgrade. The smooth-walled HDPE pipe is an important component in the treatment plant’s enhanced nutrient removal upgrade. Within the 54-inch diameter DR 32.5 pipeline, chlorine has adequate contact time with effluent to disinfect the town’s wastewater before being chemically de-chlorinated and released back into the environment. The environment is of key concern in the Chesapeake Bay …

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Venezuela uses HDPE for large-diameter water line

The economic lifeblood of Venezuela very well could run through the Peninsula de Paraguaná in the Estado Falcón (Falcon State) of Venezuela. The peninsula is home to the Western Hemisphere’s largest oil refinery center, the Paraguaná Refinery Center. Unfortunately, the peninsula has been plagued by an undersized and unreliable steel pipeline that provided limited water resources for the workers and residents of the Peninsula de Paraguaná. Some of those residents even relied on wells for …

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Pipeline Partnership Improves Environment In Northwest

Everett , WA — The key to pollution is dilution and environmentalists are applauding Everett Washington ‘s deep-water outfall project for accomplishing just that. The state-of-the-art pipeline is a joint effort by the cities of Everett and Marysville along with Kimberly-Clark Paper Mill to dispose of their wastewater. The pipeline will carry the waste deep into Port Gardner Bay and replace the old discharge locations along the Snohomish River . City ratepayers and the paper …

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