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Life of a 96-Inch Water Line
The City of Houston (the City), the 4th largest city in U.S., but compared to much of the country, is not very old. The oldest water infrastructure in the City dates to the 1930s, and most of the main transmission system is no older than the 1970s. This is the story of one 96-in. transmission line constructed around 1990. This line conveys over 100 million gallons per day (MGD) on an average day to the downtown and western areas, making it one of the City’s most critical pipelines. The line stretches about 10 mi and was constructed in three contracts. The first contract consisted of about 10,000 ft of steel pipe, and the remainder was constructed of prestressed concrete pipe. Over the course of its life so far, several significant events have revealed its vulnerability, and also highlighted the benefit of proactive condition assessment and planning.
Life of a 96-Inch Water Line
The City of Houston (the City), the 4th largest city in U.S., but compared to much of the country, is not very old. The oldest water infrastructure in the City dates to the 1930s, and most of the main transmission system is no older than the 1970s. This is the story of one 96-in. transmission line constructed around 1990. This line conveys over 100 million gallons per day (MGD) on an average day to the downtown and western areas, making it one of the City’s most critical pipelines. The line stretches about 10 mi and was constructed in three contracts. The first contract consisted of about 10,000 ft of steel pipe, and the remainder was constructed of prestressed concrete pipe. Over the course of its life so far, several significant events have revealed its vulnerability, and also highlighted the benefit of proactive condition assessment and planning.
Life of a 96-Inch Water Line
Henry, Gregory (author) / Price, Venus (author) / Wilson, James (author)
Pipelines 2020 ; 2020 ; San Antonio, Texas (Conference Held Virtually)
Pipelines 2020 ; 219-226
2020-08-06
Conference paper
Electronic Resource
English
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