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water main break Water Main Breaks: U.S. & Canada
Andrew Farr
April 11, 2025
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Water PVC Pipe
Last Word – Americans Deserve Accurate Information about PVC Pipe for Drinking Water
March 5, 2025
Features Dr. Mo Najafi
Trenchless Pioneers: Mohammad ‘Mo’ Najafi
December 3, 2024
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CUIIC Awarded Major NSERC Alliance Grant for Underground Infrastructure Research
July 11, 2024
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WRF Funds 26 New Research Projects Totaling $5.9M
June 11, 2024
U.S. News CGA DIRT Special Report
CGA Special Report Examines Factors Driving Damages Associated with Locating...

As states roll out infrastructure improvements such as new fiber builds, increasing the efficiency of the underground da...

June 11, 2024
Canada Figure 1. Preparing test samples of metal pipe with cured in place pressure pipe liner (Adebola, 2021).
Queen’s University CIPP Testing Research Update

Research at Queen’s University is using experiments and analysis to understand the strain and stress demands of pressu...

March 11, 2024
U.S. News
USU Study Looks at Water Main Break Rates in the...

"Water Main Break Rates in the USA and Canada: A Comprehensive Study," surveyed more than 800 utilities....

March 8, 2024
Engineering Ian Moore
Trenchless Pioneers: Ian Moore, PhD, P.Eng

One of the pioneers in terms of trenchless education and research is Dr. Ian Moore, a professor at Queen’s University....

February 26, 2024
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U.S. DOE Announces $34 Million to Help Modernize the Electric...

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) recently announced $34 million for 12 projects to strengthen and modernize Americaâ€...

February 2, 2024
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Dr. Mo Najafi Partners with Xerxes Corp. to Test Underground...

Dr. Mohammad Najafi is working with Xerxes Corp. to create test procedures and product evaluations for stormwater storag...

July 10, 2023
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Last Word – The Future of Water: In the Challenges,...

Let’s seize on this time when water is in the spotlight to address these industry challenges and capitalize on water m...

July 7, 2023
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TTC Completes Phase 3 of Steam-Cured CIPP Study

The Trenchless Technology Center (TTC) at Louisiana Tech University has released the NASSCO CIPP Emissions Phase 3 &ldqu...

April 14, 2023
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Queen’s University Studying QA, QC and Liner Design

Liner properties, such as elastic flexural modulus, flexural strength, long-term property retention factors, section thi...

April 1, 2022
Condition Assessment pipe interior
How Much Should I Spend on Pipe Condition Assessments?

In asking the question, “How much should I spend on pipe condition assessments?,” one must first ask about t...

January 4, 2022
Pipe Relining liner design
Studying the Properties of Close-fit Liners

Liner properties, such as elastic flexural modulus, flexural strength, long-term property retention factors, section thi...

November 8, 2021
U.S. News
LSU, La. Tech Partner to Create Center for Structural Integrity

Louisiana State University and Louisiana Tech University recently announced the establishment of the Center for Innovati...

August 20, 2021
Rehabilitation CIPP emissions
NASSCO Gearing up for CIPP Emission Study: Phase 3

Published reports have questioned the safety of emissions from the cured-in-place pipe (CIPP) process when using styrena...

May 14, 2021
U.S. News pipeline
2021 Polling Shows Americans Support Pipelines

The Association of Oil Pipe Lines (AOPL) released new polling data on March 31 that measures the sentiment of the Americ...

March 31, 2021
Canada grout selection
Grout Selection & the Design and Performance of Slip-Liners

The use of slip-liners is now routine to rehabilitate corrugated steel culverts under road and rail embankments that hav...

September 15, 2020