Sustainability, cost-effectiveness and public disruption are all major concerns when a municipality attacks a community-wide problem, especially when that problem concerns water and sewer pipelines.
David Magill and Richard Berry
Paper Presented at Geo-Denver 2007
2006
This paper is about the current uses of chemical grouts, the economics of product use, and a discussion of where specific products within a category can be used.
C. Vipulanandan, PhD, PE and H. Gurkan Ozgurel
CIGMAT
2004
In recent years, federal and state regulations and mandates to reduce sanitary sewer overflows (SSOs) have resulted in requiring better maintenance and operating practices for wastewater utilities.
Picture this: You’re standing in a brick manhole that is 50 years old and leaking extensively all around you. You’ve already been working for over an hour and for every leak you stop, several new leaks pop up. Now what?
This brochure is intended to document that chemical grouting is effective and long lasting. The case studies contained herein have been taken from numerous engineering and municipal publications.
The more we learn about our sewer systems, the more we discover how much customer service lines contribute to the expensive problem of groundwater infiltration.
Jerry Brown, Operations Manager
Trenchless Technology Magazine
2000
South Fayette Township Municipal Authority (SFMA) serves the Township of South Fayette (population 13,500) located in the southwestern portion of Allegheny County, PA
Controlling inflow and infiltration is always an issue with wastewater collection systems. For the purpose of eating an elephant, we will concentrate on infiltration.
Chemical grout has been used successfully for more than 30 years to stop leaks in sewer systems. However, not all installations have been equally successful.