A five-gallon plastic bucket filled with washed stone and a pair of gallon-sized water jugs helped city engineers in Greenville, SC, decide what kind of drainage system to install on a fast-growing ...

IRVING, TX — A new report that examines the required wall thickness for a fully fused high-density polyethylene (HDPE) water main to withstand the lateral spread from an earthquake or other seismic ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

Sewerage and Water Board examining new technologies that could strengthen pipes ...

Encoma Ltd. has entered the high density polyethylene pipe extrusion market with a new factory in Elm Creek, Manitoba. The plant is equipped with technology from KraussMaffei Extrusion GmbH that ...

U.S. EPA prepares rule to speed up spending tied to its $15 billion national effort to replace lead pipes carrying drinking water. The Copper Development Association sees a market for copper pipe and ...

The behind-the-wall framework of a home contains a vital plumbing system that keeps it running efficiently and safely. Within every residential plumbing system you have subsystems that include ...

A coalition of environmental organizations warned in a report Wednesday of potential health risks in replacing lead pipes with polyvinyl chloride (PVC). PVC, a low-cost plastic, is commonly used as an ...

PVC pipe is one of the most common and popular options for providing communities and homes with clean, safe drinking water.