PVC Pipe Replaces Crumbling Clay Sewer Line in New Haven, Mich.

NEW HAVEN, Mich., Dec. 31, 2009 – A new PVC pipe installation project will prevent further costly and messy sewer back-ups of homes in New Haven, a suburb of Detroit.

The PVC pipe replaced a 50-year old, 948-long, 8-inch diameter clay sewer pipe that collapsed in 2008 and caused continual sewer back-up into homes along the sewer line.  Since then, the village’s Department of Public Works had been sending crews to pump out the line as often as every week.

The new PVC pipe is expected to last a minimum of 50 years, according to Carol Thurber, an engineer with Fazal Kahn and Associates Inc., the civil engineering firm supervising the pipe replacement project.

Forty-nine homes in the village will benefit from the new PVC sewer line.
The cost of replacing the sewer pipe came in at $270,000, about $120,000 less than engineers estimated, and is being paid for from surplus funds for a sewer project from the 1980s.

According to The Vinyl Institute, PVC piping systems have been used successfully in North America since the 1950s in both drinking water and wastewater systems.  Millions of installations still in service function as well as they did the day they were installed, and have been rigorously tested by nationally recognized, independent certifiers for both reliability and safety.

The Vinyl Institute represents the leading manufacturers involved in the production of PVC/vinyl resin in the United States, and promotes the value of PVC/vinyl products to society. 

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