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PVC degradation model in Comsima

In the Netherlands PVC is the pipe material that is most used: more than half of the drinking water distribution network is made of PVC pipes. Being able to assess and predict the condition of the pipes…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Knowledge-based rules for PVC mains

As a result of the large-scale use of PVC by the Dutch drinking water sector since the 1950s, 52% of the current drinking water distribution network is made of this pipe material.…

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Enabling technologies
Future-proof networks
Material properties required for shallowly buried pipes

Brabant Water has developed the concept the Tertiaire Net van de Toekomst (TNT) (Tertiary Network of the Future). According to this vision, the tertiary network will be installed…

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Sustainability
Climate change and resilience
Physical vulnerability of mains to climate change

Climate change can lead to a higher probability of failure in drinking water mains. Analysis of failure data in USTORE, covering the last five years, shows that the number of pipe fractures…

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André Arsénio and Jan Vreeburg win Jaap van der Graaf award

13 January 2016 — The Jaap van der Graaf award was presented on 8 January, during the 68th Vakantiecursus ‘Water in de…

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