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Aug 10, 2023
Route 1A—A Comprehensive Management Route of Large Diameter PCCP Mains
Publication: Pipelines 2023
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A study was performed to examine the comprehensive prestressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) management strategy implemented by Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Department (MDWASD), the fifth-largest water utility in the United States. The strategy developed targets safely and effectively extending the serviceable life of MDWASD’s large-diameter pipe assets where replacement is cost-prohibitive and preventing catastrophic failures in a high-density urban environment. The strategy is built upon recurring electromagnetic inspections and continuous acoustic fiber optic (AFO) monitoring, but is augmented using visual and sounding practices, leak detection, transient pressure monitoring, design checks, finite element analysis, remaining useful life, and capital planning studies. A 12-year study of Route 1A, a 54-in. transmission main, will serve as the conduit to showcase the pipeline management strategy and the operational implementation throughout MDWASD’s 240 mi of PCCP mains and how a failing pipeline can be stabilized and managed for years to come.
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Published online: Aug 10, 2023
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ASCE Technical Topics:
- Asset management
- Business management
- Concrete cylinder pipes
- Continuum mechanics
- Dynamics (solid mechanics)
- Engineering fundamentals
- Engineering mechanics
- Financial management
- Finite element method
- Flood routing
- Floods
- Infrastructure
- Methodology (by type)
- Numerical methods
- Pipeline management
- Pipeline systems
- Pipelines
- Pipes
- Practice and Profession
- Solid mechanics
- Transient response
- Water and water resources
- Water management
- Water pipelines
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1Xylem, Inc. Email: [email protected]
2Miami-Dade Water and Sewer Dept. Email: [email protected]
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