Print Email Facebook Twitter Destructive laboratory tests with PVC push-fit joints Title Destructive laboratory tests with PVC push-fit joints Author Marques Arsenio, A. Vreeburg, J.H.G. Bouma, F. Van Dijk, J.C. Faculty Civil Engineering and Geosciences Department Water Management Date 2012-09-24 Abstract In 2010 the Dutch drinking water network stretched for almost 116,000 km supplying water to more than 16 million people. Almost 50% was made of PVC. The analysis of the failure registration of 5 Dutch drinking water companies showed that ca. 29 % of the total number of failures in the PVC Dutch network is detected at joints. In the Netherlands, the PVC joints are single pieces with two rubber rings. This system is used instead of the bell-and-spigot and allows more rotation on the joint. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:4ed1b63c-ccbe-44e2-b500-3def7a7ad83e ISBN 9781922107589 Source 14th Water Distribution Systems Analysis Conference, Adelaide, Australia, 24-27 September 2012 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type conference paper Rights (c) Delft University of Technology Files PDF 292239.pdf 285.87 KB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:4ed1b63c-ccbe-44e2-b500-3def7a7ad83e/datastream/OBJ/view