CPM Pipelines

A recent water main break in West Hollywood is another reminder of the challenges utilities face as aging underground infrastructure continues to deteriorate. While emergency repairs restore service, they also come with significant costs—traffic disruptions, water loss, emergency response expenses, property damage, and impacts to businesses and residents. The question many utilities are asking isn't how to respond to the next break, it's how to prevent it from happening in the first place....

Turning a Costly Water Main Break into a Proactive Infrastructure Strategy When a 12-inch water main at Goodyear Ballpark in Arizona failed unexpectedly, the City of Goodyear lost an estimated 500,000 to 800,000 gallons of treated drinking water. While the immediate repair restored service, city officials recognized a larger challenge: how could they identify hidden leaks before another catastrophic failure occurred? Rather than waiting for the next break, the City chose to take a proactive...

Recent reports out of Central Texas underscore a challenge facing water utilities across the United States: the vulnerability of aging and highly interconnected pipeline systems. A failure near the Leon River Bridge disrupted water service for multiple communities, including Rogers, Rosebud, Lott, Buckholts, and several regional water supply corporations across Bell and Falls counties. According to local reporting, the outage triggered emergency conservation measures as crews worked to...