Steel pipe replacement to ensure potable water supply for the brown coal plant

Since the line runs through an old industrial area with ecologically damaged terrain, it was the client’s high concern to choose the right pipe material which would withstand highly aggressive soil and which would not allow any diffusion whatsoever. Absolute leak tightness from in and outside the pipeline are essential for clean and hygienic potable water. The water supplier MIDEWA in Middle Germany who distributes potable water over a total network length of 4900 km sees it as their responsibility to provide their mainly private customers as well as middle-scale enterprises with a sufficient quantity of high quality drinking water. HOBAS CC-GRP Pipe Systems and their characteristics lend themselves to the project regarding the difficult terrain and the aggressive soils, as well as the enormous cost pressure supply water utilities suffer from in Germany. The construction works for the 1.5 km long HOBAS CC-GRP WaterLine started end of November 2005 and the first of the three construction phases was already completed in Mai 2006. HOBAS CC-GRP WaterLine Pipes produced by HOBAS Pipe Germany were delivered in a standard length of 6 m with sealing caps on both ends to keep the inside clean preventing additional disinfection efforts.