To the Charleston (South Carolina) Water System, the future is just as important as the past. Home of significant “firsts” in the municipal drinking water field — including the first cement-lined cast iron water pipe in 1922 — Charleston is in the midst of a comprehensive capital improvements program to help it rehabilitate infrastructure and meet the needs of its rapidly growing service area.
“Some of the original 100-year-old pipe is still in service,” says Kin Hill, CEO. “With current-day rehabilitation technologies, we are confident that we can get at least another 50 years of service life from these assets.”
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