The pipe that burst was constructed from a mix of asbestos and cement, known as AC piping. ... Most UK water companies report asbestos cement pipes being installed in the 1950s, 60s, and 70s.

The source of the river was an 8-inch asbestos ... will be AC.” Billings said the city has done a good job of forecasting the increased risk from breaks in asbestos cement pipes but urged ...

Old asbestos cement piping in Johannesburg North and Central ... outages in the immediate vicinity for several days due to AC pipe bursts. This piping is particularly prone to bursts in winter ...

Joburg – Water utility Joburg Water will be implementing an urgent short- to medium-term plan that will see old asbestos cement piping ... for several days due to AC pipe bursts.

In Oman, where I worked as a water engineer for almost three decades, the use of asbestos cement (AC) pipes was banned a few years ago although more than 80 per cent of the existing water ...

The Asbestos Cement pipe Replacement Project is in has replaced 1600 kilometers of old AC pipe, since July 2007, and is regarded as part of the municipality's water management strategy.

POLOKWANE – A report dated 16 July tabled during the last week of July before council stated that the work to replace around 175 km of AC pipes is behind schedule, especially in the CBD ...

PETALING JAYA: It is high time that some 44,000km of old asbestos-cement (AC) pipes were replaced to reduce leakages, said the Malaysia Water Association.

PLATTSBURGH — Work on replacing the asbestos cement water distribution system (AC pipe) in the neighborhood of Lake Country Village in the City of Plattsburgh has been well underway since July 6.

The cement pipes are not a safety risk for water customers, Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County manager Michael Kukura said. "The asbestos was fabricated in the pipe. It doesn't touch the ...

At a board meeting Tuesday, it outlined a $550 million effort to replace older pipes. That includes asbestos-cement pipes which were the focus of a reporter investigation last week.

A $1.2 million project was approved Wednesday to replace a nearly mile-long stretch of waterline in North Huntingdon, including a 75-year-old section of cement pipe that is infused with asbestos.