Mitigating The Consequences Of Pipeline Failures

Two-thirds of water or wastewater utility assets are buried beneath the ground. And after years of discussion regarding the age of this infrastructure, a number of reflection points are finally drawing the nation’s focus to distribution systems. A combination of the Flint, MI, scandal, water scarcity concerns and high-profile main breaks are forcing utilities to look carefully at what they’ve been sitting on.

As Cliff Wilson, President of Wachs Water Services, explains in this Water Online Radio interview, utilities are concerned about the likelihood of a system failing and how to reduce the consequences of a failure when it occurs.

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