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RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES REGARDING IMPROVEMENT OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MONITORING FOR DRINKING WATER MAINS
Citation:
ROYER, M. D. RESEARCH OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES REGARDING IMPROVEMENT OF STRUCTURAL INTEGRITY MONITORING FOR DRINKING WATER MAINS. Presented at National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE), Brooklyn, NY, May 23, 2006.
Impact/Purpose:
To inform the public
Description:
The United States’ water and wastewater infrastructure is large (i.e., 16,000 publicly owned treatment works, 59,000 community water supplies, 600,000 miles of sewer, 1,000,000 miles of drinking water distribution piping), complex and expensive. The reliable and efficient functioning of America’s potable water and wastewater infrastructure provides massive benefits to public health, the environment, industry, homeland security, and the economy. An inordinately large fraction of the U.S. water infrastructure will need to be renewed over the next 20 to 40 years, which poses a range of economic, technical, and public health challenges. EPA’s overall strategy for promoting sustainable water infrastructure in the 21st Century will be briefly described. Research opportunities and challenges regarding innovative water mains inspection and condition assessment technologies will be the main focus of the presentation.