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Drinking water

The transport of drinking water from the waterworks in Münster is now carried out by fully welded egeplast pipe systems.

The close-fit method with pre-shaped PE pipes is a highly efficient and sustainable pipe rehabilitation method for old drinking water pipes.

In Germany, the water sector is considered critical infrastructure, the failure or impairment of which would lead to long-term supply bottlenecks and significant disruptions to public life.

Stadtwerke Roth has begun the Installation of a new drinking water network pipeline from the Roth waterworks to secure the drinking water supply in the long term.

Supply and operational reliability have absolute priority for Stadtwerke Lichtenfels. When constructing a new drinking water pipeline through impassable and difficult-to-access terrain using trench-reduced and trenchless installation methods, they therefore used the fully monitored egeplast SLM® DCS pipe system – for maximum safety.

During the rehabilitation of the main water pipe in Hötensleben, the local water supplier and wastewater disposal company TAV Börde faced major challenges. Due to the demanding route and narrow access roads, the egeplast ege-Liner® was used in Close-Fit-Lining – an efficient and environmentally friendly solution.

In Eastern England, egeplast UK is making a significant contribution to the extensive modernization of the water network in East Ruston, near Norwich, England. This nearly €13.5 million project is the first collaboration between egeplast UK and the client Anglian Water, and it will secure the water supply for 5,000 people in the long term…

In the first half of 2023, the Swedish municipality of Östersund laid an 8 km long water pipeline between the old ferry port in Frösön and Sunne. A complex project, as the pipeline had to be laid through the completely frozen Lake Storsjön. The Extena pressure pipe made of polyethylene PE 100-RC, which is also…

In Grenchen, Switzerland, another rehabilitation of the drinking water pipes took place. In order to guarantee the protection of the drinking water, the client SWG relied on egeplast SLA® Barrier Pipe pipes.

Droughts, floods, and other extreme weather events are increasingly presenting us with new challenges. egeNews reported in issue 11/2022. The safe transport of drinking water and wastewater is also becoming more complex and prone to disruption. With the intelligent pipe systems SLA® Barrier Pipe, SLM® DCS, and 3L Leak Control, egeplast offers reliable solutions.

Various factors play a role when calculating construction costs. Only the optimal combination of all cost items can ensure the most efficient and cost-effective result. The egeplast Web Calculator 2.0 takes the time-consuming task of comparing installation methods and pipe systems off your hands.

The renewal of the water pipes for a government building in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region presented the responsible parties with particular challenges: a very tight deadline of only four weeks, severe spatial restrictions, and freight times that could not be precisely calculated as an additional risk factor.

To ensure the drinking water supply for the 14,000 residents of Stavanger's Hundvåg district, the rehabilitation of the main water supply became necessary. The city administration opted for the diffusion-tight egeplast SLA® Barrier Pipe. Although the Installation was initially planned using the burstlining method through an existing cast iron pipe, a change to Open Trench…

With the renewal of a 2 km-long water main for Welsh Water, which had to be installed trenchlessly beneath the River Dee estuary and routed through heavily contaminated soil, egeplast UK delivered a demanding project for the UK water industry.

To secure the water supply for people in the region, the Oldenburgisch-Ostfriesische Wasserverband (OOWV) is building a new drinking water transport pipeline.

To improve the drinking water supply, a transmission pipeline for treated drinking water was laid in Aspach – partly without sand bedding using open-cut construction, and partly using the trenchless drilling method.

Using controlled plow laying, IFK has installed numerous drinking water and wastewater pipes trenchlessly in the Czech Republic.

In the heart of downtown Groningen / Netherlands, a cast iron drinking water pipe from 1882 was renewed with the egeplast SLA® Barrier Pipe System using the horizontal directional drilling method. Due to the busy city center and difficult soil conditions, particularly precise and careful work was required.

PE pipe systems have been in use for 70 years now. Experience shows that suitable pipe systems made of PE material can be operated reliably and economically for many decades within their operational limits with correct Installation and assembly.

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The municipal utilities of Esslingen rehabilitated an old cast iron pipeline using trenchless bursting. They were able to significantly reduce effort and costs compared to traditional rehabilitation methods.

Esslingen municipal utility rehabilitated an old cast iron pipeline trenchlessly using burstlining. They were able to significantly reduce effort and costs compared to traditional rehabilitation methods. Due to the high requirements, they used the egeplast SLM® DCT pipe system with integrated quality inspection.

Unweit vom Boulevard von Bordeaux wurde eine Trinkwasser- Gussleitung mit dem egeplast SLM® 3.0-Schutzmantel-Rohrsystem renoviert – mittels Relining.

For many decades, socket connections have been a proven pipe connection technology in drinking water supply and a practical alternative to welding. In the current issue of 3R (01-02|2020), the egeplast egeMDR PE socket pressure pipe system with REINOGRIP push-fit socket from Reinert-Ritz is closely examined, using the example of Stadtwerke Sundern.

The SLA® Barrier Pipe from egeplast is a safe and proven solution for clean drinking water in pipelines in contaminated soils. With 30 years of experience, egeplast offers a complete system with suitable connection technology for quick and easy Installation, even using the horizontal directional drilling method.

Nahe Lyon (Frankreich) hat das Unternehmen Orangina Suntory eine Doppelleitung für Mineralwasser verlegt, um die 6,5 km entfernte Quelle zu erreichen.

Für eine neue Hauptversorgungsleitung hat die Stadt Dewin erstmalig das egeplast Rohrsystem egeTherm® High-T eingesetzt.

For the new installation of supply lines for drinking water and gas in Koblenz, it was decided...

In Gothenburg, a new drinking water pipeline was installed in contaminated soil under the Göta älv river using the HDD method.

As part of the expansion of the drinking water network on a former Amsterdam shipyard site, the egeplast SLA® Barrier Pipe was installed trenchless using the flush drilling method.

Für die Neuverlegung einer Trinkwasserleitung im niederländischen Leiden setzte das Wasserwerk Dunea ein Großrohrsystem ein, das einem Druck von 16 bar standhält.