Features

The Great Man Made River of Libya is one of the world’s greatest pipeline propjects, supplying 80% of the population living in the north with freshwater

Rubber lined pipes are durable and better able to withstand corrosion, chemical attack, contamination, abrasion and temperature extremes

Pipes play a major role in the management of leachate at landfill sites, helping to prevent toxic fluids contaminating the environment

Libya has its first unity government for seven years – which is good news for the oil industry after production ground to a halt during years of civil war

Trenchless pipe installation enables vast pipelines to be constructed underground without the need for surface disruption

It takes years to find out that a pipe material is not suitable – with three very obvious contenders for being the worst pipe types on the planet

Collaboration between Portsmouth Water and Southern Water on the Havant Thicket Reservoir provides a blueprint for the future of water management in the UK

Seawater cooling systems are popular in drier climates as a means of using water from the ocean for industrial processes rather than precious freshwater

District heating is a system whereby heat is supplied to multiple homes from a central source through a seres of pipes, reducing energy bills and emissions

Ductile iron has long been used in sulphuric acid pipeline construction but the industry is now turning to alloys for a range of different reasons