A critical water main is failing, and it's buried right next to a high pressure gas line. Inside the June issue of municipal sewer and water, in Calgary, a vital sanitary trunk is racing against a total capacity collapse. To twin the line, heavy armor must drive right under an active railway line. Torrential rains are flooding deteriorating brick and concrete manholes, triggering dangerous treatment lagoon fluctuations. It sounds like gravel tearing through your system. Cavitation is forming unstable vapor cavities that implode with enough localized force to erode solid steel from the inside out. The threats are real, but the solutions are inside. Read the June issue of MSW now.
