"We make sure our water lines are under pressure so when those mains break, water shoots out, it doesn't go in." Recent events in Reynolds, Georgia, where asbestos-cement pipes contaminated the ...

Getty Images Most asbestos cement water and sewer pipes ... the conditions there – a system under pressure with a growing population, ageing pipes and soft water – can all be factors to ...

to replace the asbestos cement pipes. Their fight has been taken up by county and parish councillors, who are also concerned that increased housebuilding in the village will pile pressure on the ...

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.

“Asbestos cement pipes are among the leading sources of asbestos fibres in drinking water. Aggressive water pressure, length of pipes and age are the major contributory factors for 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. SAWS' most ...

Despite many calls made to get the problem solved, residents feel ignored as they continue to face water shortages.

At that time, DOL investigators say, workers tasked with replacing a damaged section of plumbing under a first-floor storeroom cut into an asbestos-reinforced cement pipe, believing it was made of ...

Even the circular issued by Bhajan Singh itself refers to the Indian Standard which says “necessary guidance regarding the selection of asbestos cement pressure pipes may be obtained from the Indian ...

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 ...