There is a water main break every hour of the day, somewhere in our country. Our infrastructure is old, outdated, undersized and continues to wreak havoc on our cities and towns. Check out www.waternewsupdate.com and you’ll see examples of the problems occurring in this country. These breaks disrupt our lives, businesses, the quality of our water, and can even become deadly. Those of us in the waterworks industry are responsible for solving this problem. It’s too big of a problem to ignore any longer.
One company, IPEX, is not ignoring our infrastructure problems and has done something to help solve the problem. They have produced a new type of pipe, Bionax, which is designed to have the strengths associated with Ductile Iron, with the many design features associated with PVC-including:
- Lightweight and Ease of Handling
- Reduced Maintenance and Pumping Costs
- Manufacturing Consistency
- Quality CI and DI Outside Diameters for System Integration.
The pipe is manufactured to AWWA specification C909, NSF, and ASTM standards. Imagine a pipe with all the benefits associated with conventional PVC, yet dramatically stronger and more impact resistant. Take a look at this demonstration video on YouTube to see just how durable this pipe is.
You now have an additional choice to consider when designing your new or replacement water mains. Putnam Pipe has been a proud distributor of IPEX pipe for over 20 years, and looks forward to discussing this exciting pipe alternative with your city officials and design engineers.