Hydrant And Valve Replacement Project Preserved Service Without Major Shutdown

Isolating high-pressure water mains for routine replacement projects usually presents significant operational risks and severe disruptions to the surrounding community. When a municipal utility needed to isolate a section of a water main operating at 90 PSI near a historic downtown and courthouse square, traditional methods would have triggered a massive 17-valve shutdown. A disruption of that scale carries extreme customer-impact risks for critical public and commercial facilities.

Rather than implementing a sweeping outage, the utility utilized advanced under-pressure valve insertion technology to create a permanent isolation point under live conditions. Despite chilly weather, field crews completed the inline installation in less than two hours without interrupting system pressure or customer service. The new asset completely eliminated the need for the 17-valve shutdown, mitigating operational risk and giving the utility a permanent means to throttle or isolate flow during future maintenance and emergencies.

Read the complete case study to see how quick-deploy insertion valves can safeguard service continuity during your next hydrant or valve replacement project.