By the PICA Corp Engineering Team | Updated June 2026 | Est. reading time: 8 min More than 260,000 water main breaks occur every year across North America, costing utilities roughly $2.6 billion in direct repair expenses. That number will...
Do you have high risk Waste Water, or Force Main pipelines? In a report released by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), since 2003 hundreds of municipal sewer authorities have been fined for violations, including spills that make people sick, threaten local...
HydroScope is the world’s first field-proven in-line inspection service for corrosion evaluation of cast and ductile iron water and waste mains. The HydroScope tool is an original technology providing a direct measurement of pipe wall width continuing along the length...
Do you have high risk water main pipelines? Do you know the condition of your water main pipelines? Do you want to extend the life cycle of your existing pipelines? Do you want to save money by not having to needlessly replace pipelines that are in good condition?...
By the PICA Corp Engineering Team | Updated June 2026 | Est. reading time: 9 min Key facts about PCCP failure: PCCP (AWWA C301) fails through three distinct pathways: environmental attack, construction deficiencies, and aging/operational stress; wire breaks are...
Do you know what will become the most valuable commodity in the next 50 years? It isn’t a precious metal, a gemstone, or oil and natural gas: it’s water. Many economists have realistically forecasted that “water is the new gold” and access to...
