Sewer Sense No. 08

by NCPI, 7/1/1980

The Case of the Invisible Menace. This imaginary article describes the danger of methane gas in a sewer line, Hydrogen Sulfide and solvents like MEK. Making taps in clay pipe sewers. Two methods are described. One requires a hole to be drilled in the barrel of the pipe with a coring and a saddle is attached. The other method described is the insertion of a fitting where couplings are used to connect the fitting in the line. VCP along the history Lincoln Heritage trail. This is a case history of the city of Atlanta Illinois where Nobell pipe was used over all other competition. The valley of the drums written by E. J. Newbould, describes a grave yard of 17,000 partially buried drums of hazardous waste. The article also describes problems associated with Asbestos cement pipe.

Keywords: asbestos, cement, toxic, no-bell, atlanta illinois, case history, taps, coring, saddle, couplings, tapping, hydrogen sulfide, methane, mek,