Sewer Sense No. 36

by NCPI, 9/29/2004

Clay pipe pays off in the ice cream capital of the world – Le Mars, Iowa – case history/pipes under fire in U.S. tests/the environment – a threat or an opportunity/clay pipe – keeping its promise – 100 plus years of dependability sanitary waste, corrosion, wastewater, cancer, vinyl chloride monomer, PVC, dioxin, toxic, EPA, hazardous, ASTM, longevity, durability

Keywords: le mars, iowa, abrasion resistant, longevity, case history, evaluation, testing, surface burning, concrete pipe, corrugated steel, asphalt, polymeric, ribbed pvc, abs composite, polyethylene, flame spread, smoke density, environment, pollution