Protecting Your Pipes

Geofoam can be effective in mitigating the effects of shifting, settling and seismic activity on infrastructure.
Protecting Your Pipes
A member of the Brian Head Public Works team, in Brian Head, Utah, works on repairs to a severed truss sewer pipe. The new ductile iron replacement pipe is on the left.

Sinkholes. Massive discharges of untreated wastewater. The consequences of pipeline ruptures and breaks can be disastrous.

Sewer and water pipelines are vulnerable to faulting, seismic activity and other ground movements, but ongoing research is showing EPS geofoam to be a...

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