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HDD, DIP meet Tennessee project needs.(WaterWorks)
Underground Construction, March, 2008 by Griffin, Jeff
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The viability of installing ductile iron pipe by horizontal directional drilling (HDD) helped place segments of a Ripley, TN, wastewater system through environmentally-sensitive areas where open-cut construction was not allowed.
The $4.9 million Mississippi River Force Main project involved installation of approximately 12.5 miles of 18-inch-diameter ductile iron pipe (DIP) for an effluent wastewater force main and outfall. The system was designed to convey treated wastewater from a new treatment lagoon in Ripley to a discharge point in the Mississippi River.
Project owner was the city of Ripley Gas, Water and Wastewater Department. The general contractor was Garney Construction, with work designed and managed by the...
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