Ductile Iron Pipes: Driving Factors and Challenges in Future

Abstract

A water supply network is a systemized network of hydraulic components with means of conveyance of fluids from the source to the consumption areas. Among the hydraulic components, pipeline is a unique mode of transportation which can convey fluids at relatively low cost. The topmost priority before laying any water supply network should be to make ensure its safe operation because any deficiency in the network can cause lot of problems to the users. Besides loss of treated water and pipe material, contamination does occur due to contact between pipe material and soil in case of underground pipelines which results in serious health hazards. In case of metallic pipes, if proper external and internal treatment is not applied then rusting of pipe can also occur ultimately causing contamination. This study aims to finding different factors responsible for the failure of ductile iron pipes and what are the main challenges at present faced by the ductile iron(DI) pipes which inhibits their growth.