The beneficial world of thermoplastic pipe

Municipal engineers and building contractors, as well as process designers, are increasingly recognizing the many benefits of thermoplastic pipe. In fact, PVC (polyvinylchloride), the material used most in today's residential, commercial, institutional, municipal and industrial piping applications, has become an industry standard over the past half century.

PVC pipe is safer for health and the environment. It can easily withstand chemically aggressive soils, significant hydrostatic pressures, stresses from earth settlement and extreme temperatures that cause cast iron, ductile iron and asbestos cement pipe to corrode, leak and break underground. Highly resistant to the chemicals in domestic and industrial water that typically degrade copper pipe, PVC is virtually immune to internal as well as external corrosion.

Economic studies have shown that expanded use of PVC pipe, while phasing out other materials, could potentially slash annual maintenance costs by 93% or more, saving hundreds of millions of dollars in North America. This, in addition to lower installation costs and savings from reduced pumping costs.