GROWING TENNESSEE TOWN CHOOSES RESTRAINED JOINT PVC FOR NEW WATER TRANSMISSION LINE When an elevated water storage tank ran dry due to the increased demand on the county’s water supply, city officials realized something had to be done. A 24-year-old, eight-inch pipe simply was no longer sufficient to serve residents of this Memphis suburb. CASE STUDY MUNICIPAL Application: Water & Force Main Sewer Project Type: Horizontal Directional Drilling Owner: Oakland Water Department Product Used: Certa-Lok ® C900/RJ PVC Pipe Contractor: Revell Construction Driller: Memphis Boring & Tunneling Engineer: King Engineering CHALLENGE Located 28 miles east of Memphis, Oakland, Tennessee is one of the region’s fastest-growing towns where rapid population growth caused significant strain on a

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