De Soto Utilities Department Inherited A 16” Ductile Iron Raw Water Line Of Perilously Unknown Conditions.
De Soto Utilities Department Inherited A 16” Ductile Iron Raw Water Line Of Perilously Unknown Conditions.
2 PagesRaw Water Conveyance DE SOTO UTILITIES CASE STUDY DE SOTO UTILITIES DEPARTMENT INHERITED A 16” DUCTILE IRON RAW WATER LINE OF PERILOUSLY UNKNOWN CONDITIONS. 16” LDS1000TM System Ductile Iron Pipe Overview Leak detection, asset condition assessment, long distance inspection De Soto Utilities Department, KS The Challenge For De Soto Utilities, well water is pumped through a single 16” DI pipe that was constructed in 1943 during WWII for a military ammunitions plant. Little to no information was known about the DI pipe because the city inherited it following the closure of the plant. Furthermore, the water utility was experiencing financial hardships at the time. The controversial line passes under the Kansas River conveying raw water from the primary source to the treatment
