{"id":8689,"date":"2023-03-02T19:03:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-02T19:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/isco-pipe.com\/field-reports\/texas-am-switches-to-polyethylene-pipe-for-reliable-water-distribution\/"},"modified":"2025-05-15T14:04:49","modified_gmt":"2025-05-15T14:04:49","slug":"texas-am-switches-to-polyethylene-pipe-for-reliable-water-distribution","status":"publish","type":"field-reports","link":"https:\/\/isco-pipe.com\/en-ca\/field-reports\/texas-am-switches-to-polyethylene-pipe-for-reliable-water-distribution\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas A&M Switches to Polyethylene Pipe for Reliable Water Distribution"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Like many colleges and universities across the country, Texas A&M in College Station, Texas always turned to carbon steel pipe and fittings for their water lines. \u201cFor years, we always did it with mechanical joints,\u201d explained Reuben Bernal, the supervisor for water distribution at the school. \u201cSteel, direct burial, carbon steel pipe. But, just like anything else, it decays in the ground.\u201d The team faced high leak rates and dealt with too frequent interruptions to service on campus. \u201cOn a normal day, we were losing up to 40-50 gallons per minute,\u201d Bernal said. They knew there had to be a better option. <\/p>\n\n

About 10 years ago, the school decided to start replacing problem areas with polyethylene pipe. \u201cWe started off on domestic water and gradually started using it in our thermal system,\u201d said Bernal. The switch was so successful, essentially all steel pipe on campus has been replaced and new construction projects utilize polyethylene pipe. <\/p>\n\n

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HDPE and PERT Pipe for the Smart Win<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

While designing the university\u2019s new RELLIS Education and Research Campus, a high-tech, multi-institutional research, testing, and workforce development campus, engineers once again specified polyethylene.<\/p>\n\n

Building off an existing relationship, project managers worked with ISCO Industries and sales rep Hal Smith. ISCO provided 20- and 24-inch high-density polyethylene (HDPE) for chilled water lines and 12-inch PERT for the heating hot water lines. \u201cISCO has been very valuable to us,\u201d said Bernal. \u201cWhenever we have issues, I know I can call them up. If there are any special fittings or anything they need to get, they\u2019ll comedown and help us out.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

For the first part of the project, the 12-inch PERT was installed with Gilsulate insulation as backfill. For phase two, preinsulated PERT was used for the heating hot water piping. PERT significantly expands the operation window for poly pipe with pressure ratings up to 180\u00b0F. It also allows intermittent operating temperatures up to 203\u00b0F. ISCO offers a full range of sizes, pressure capabilities, molded, and fabricated fittings. <\/p>\n\n

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Proof of Performance<\/h2>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

Texas A&M has become a leader among schools looking for a solution to leaking water systems. They\u2019ve gone from losing 40-50 gallons per minute to only single digits. \u201cYou can look at our chart,\u201d Bernal said. \u201cEvery morning we get a reading and on campus, right now, it\u2019s at seven gallons per minute on chilled and 3.7 gallons per minute on heat. That\u2019s a huge drop, from what we were to what we are now, that\u2019s a huge change.\u201d <\/p>\n\n

At the end of the day, the sole job of the water distribution crew is to make sure that they keep interruption to students and faculty to a bare minimum. \u201cIf they don\u2019t notice us, we\u2019re doing our job right,\u201d Bernal explained. \u201cIf we\u2019re out here having to cut service off to make repairs and they\u2019re out for a few days or an hour or 15 minutes, that\u2019s a big thing.\u201d With PERT and HDPE, they have the benefit of a leak-free system that won\u2019t corrode in the ground. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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