{"id":5083,"date":"2019-10-23T22:15:22","date_gmt":"2019-10-23T22:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/formadrain-com.k0bdwxs7-liquidwebsites.com\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2021-10-29T15:42:55","modified_gmt":"2021-10-29T15:42:55","slug":"chicago-to-implement-cipp-pilot-programs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/chicago-to-implement-cipp-pilot-programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago to Implement CIPP Pilot Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5084 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/formadrain.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/Chicago-to-Implement-CIPP-Pilot-Programs-e1579882408646-300x161.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"941\" height=\"505\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago, IL, one of the largest cities in the US with a population of almost three million people, has been struggling with a problem common to older municipalities \u2013 replacing crumbling sewer lines and house laterals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In June of this year, Chicago\u2019s Department of Water Management announced that the sewers in some of the residential areas of the city would be replaced and that the crews would need to dig large trenches to replace the lines, necessitating the removal of many mature trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago residents were understandably dismayed at the prospect of losing their trees and appealed to their City representatives for help.\u00a0 Digging trenches to replace old lines had already caused an uproar in some Chicago neighborhoods. One city Alderman recalls having received phone calls from his constituents who were distressed that the city crews were removing more than a dozen mature trees on one city block to make way for trenching.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Many people questioned the Department of Water Management\u2019s apparent reluctance to use CIPP when so many other municipalities were using it with great success.\u00a0 One news report quoted a spokesperson for the City of Toronto as having said that Toronto has successfully used CIPP since 2003 and has expanded their program \u201cto line approximately 24 to 31 miles of piping a year.\u201d\u00a0 Other municipalities close to Chicago such as Lombard, Evanston, Arlington Heights, and Rockford likewise use CIPP technology to rehabilitate sewer lines.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The other cities using CIPP technology cited the many benefits of lining rather than digging and replacing deteriorated sewers and laterals, calling it \u201ca less costly solution than full replacement\u201d:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No need to excavate entire sections of road<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Keeps construction related disruptions to pedestrian and vehicular traffic to a minimum<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Minimal disruption of water service to businesses and residents<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Deterioration of roads, which can sometimes occur with trenching, is eliminated or minimized<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chicago Mayor Lightfoot\u2019s office responded with a statement:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cUnder the leadership of Mayor Lightfoot, the Department of Water Management will continue to look for ways to reduce invasive environmental impacts on our communities, ensure water quality for residents, and adhere to the guidelines set forth by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In July, two of Chicago\u2019s Aldermen garnered considerable support for their proposed ordinance requiring the City to conduct a pilot program \u201cof at least 10,000 feet of testing\u201d.\u00a0 The proposed ordinance would require the results of the pilot program be presented to City Council by July 2020. It would also place a hold on any water main projects that require the removal of trees.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In September, the City announced that the Water Department would be conducting pilot programs to the test CIPP liners.\u00a0 The pilot programs, to be conducted by \u201can outside consultant\u201d will begin in Spring of 2020. One test is to be conducted in a commercial area and the other test will take place in a residential area.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Water Commissioner Randy Connor was quoted as saying:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe Department of Water Management remains committed to protecting water quality and responding to the needs of the communities we serve. We are excited to expand our approach to results-driven construction practices based on the findings of these pilots.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">There are a number of cities already enjoying the many benefits of CIPP, as reported in Trenchless Technology.\u00a0 Tom Wynne of New York City\u2019s Department of Environmental Protection recently said that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/i><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cWe have doubled our commitment to CIPP.\u00a0 In doing a life-cycle analysis, we realized that there is no way to keep on top of 7,000 miles of sewer with open-cut. The ability to reline the pipes has helped us bridge that gap.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">City of Columbus, OH Project Manager Nick Domenick adds that:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cThe use of CIPP is increasing for us as we are now addressing laterals. The mainline work has remained steady over the years but by addressing laterals there is going to be an expansion of the magnitude of work that we are bidding each year. We will be bidding several thousand laterals per year.\u201d<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More and more cities are using CIPP technology to rehabilitate their aging water infrastructure, and the number is expected to continue to grow.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This growing demand presents obvious opportunities for contractors to provide a true no-dig method of pipe lining to municipalities and homeowners alike.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>To find out how to become a Formadrain licensee, contact Bruce Stevenson, Business Development Manager, at 1-888-450-3986 or email <\/b><b>Bruce@formadrain.com<\/b><b>.<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chicago, IL, one of the largest cities in the US with a population of almost three million people, has been struggling with a problem common to older municipalities \u2013 replacing crumbling sewer lines and house laterals.\u00a0 In June of this year, Chicago\u2019s Department of Water Management announced that the sewers in some of the residential [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/chicago-to-implement-cipp-pilot-programs\/\">Read More&#8230;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> from Chicago to Implement CIPP Pilot Programs<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5083","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5083"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11255,"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5083\/revisions\/11255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5083"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5083"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/formadrain.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5083"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}