The 2024 CUIIC Academy Webinar Series intends to advance the state of the knowledge in the industry and bring more awareness to the underground infrastructure community through a free, educational webinar each month.
The buried infrastructure characteristics and water main break rates summarized in this presentation are based on pipe characteristics and failures reported by utilities throughout the USA and Canada.
Respondents were given the opportunity to respond to either a basic or detailed survey which gathered information on water pipe materials, pipe diameters, pipe age, system operating characteristics, and water main failures. Similar studies were performed at Utah State University (USU) in 2012 and 2018, providing opportunities to analyze buried infrastructure changes over time.
About the Speaker:
Steven L. Barfuss is a research professor in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering at Utah State University in Logan,
Utah. He is also the Associate Director of the Utah Water Research Laboratory (UWRL), where he has performed research on hydraulic structures and appurtenances for more than 37 years.
Professor Barfuss has considerable experience in the hydraulics of pipelines and pipe failures. He is a registered Professional Engineer and has published more than 75 peer-reviewed journal articles and major research reports as well as more than 1,500 minor test reports. Professor Barfuss has extensive experience performing pipe-roughness coefficient and pipe-burst tests on most pipe materials and pipe sizes. He recently published the results from a major USU research study, entitled: "Water Main Break Rates in the USA and Canada: A Comprehensive Study". The results of that study will be summarized in this presentation.
Who should attend this webinar?
Utility managers, engineers, and operators
What will the audience learn from this webinar?
The state of our aging buried infrastructure
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