Developing and developed countries alike are benefiting from sustainable plastic pipe solutions

Non-corrosive polyethylene and polypropylene pipe materials can make a significant contribution towards preserving precious resources like drinking water, providing a leak-free solution to water, waste and gas distribution. 

Replacement of 1,600 km of London’s pipe network

London’s water utility, Thames Water, faces the challenge of meeting the demand of a growing population while half of its pipe network is over a century old and loses 30% of the water supply through leaks and cracks.

For the replacement of 1,600 km of mains by 2010, Borealis plastic pipe materials provide a leak-tight solution while reducing the financial and environmental burdens of renovation with “no dig” installation techniques.

Fresh tap water to 3,000 homes in Malkapur

Like many villages in rural India, Malkapur has an intermittent and inadequate water supply system, which forces villagers to spend hours queuing for their allocation. Now, a new leak-free plastic pipe system has been installed, serving 3,000 homes in the village of Malkapur with fresh tap water around the clock, seven days a week.