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Originally Posted by BlackArcher101
Ya, I'm betting that normally they wouldn't be doing that level of inspection for a pipe at 50% of it's lifespan, but other municipalities having issue with the same type of pipe had them move that up. Unfortunately it was just short of an unexpected failure. With the install of the acoustic monitoring this year, and then a follow up robotic inspection in December, they were definitely starting to get worried but probably thought they were ahead of it.
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That 100 year life span predicted 50 years ago seems a little suspect.
A. Because it was clearly wrong.
B. based on what conditions and usage? They think we would be this big a city?
C. We weren’t quit as advanced back then.
I don’t buy any lifespan over 20 years unless it’s a pet rock or chunk of granite.