Sewer Sense No. 09
by NCPI, 12/1/1980
Earth Cooling with clay pipe - an innovative approach. The pipe are buried under ground where the cool soil cools the air inside the pipe and the pipe is used to assist the air conditioning system in a house. Two types are described. Newbould article. A tale of two Cities. Describing the cities of Victoria and Odessa Texas both cities faced with different problems selected clay pipe for their sanitary sewers. Development of a 2.2 bedding factor. NCPI research leading to a higher bedding factor for crushed stone encasement. Victoria TX case History. Corrosion of concrete pipe and deterioration causing lines to collapse under the street. Living it up in a house of clay. A silo house located 4 miles west of Pittsburg, KS is built out of VCP block with a clay exterior.