Spending Smarter on Infrastructure

March 2007

Hamilton opens Specs on large diameter watermains
New technologies are expected to bring new cost savings as some of Canada's largest cities realize that large diameter watermains don't just have to be concrete... To see the City of Hamilton's new large diameter specs, see page 8 here.

Water Rates Soar Across North America...
From the metropolis of Toronto, the wilds of small towns... From British Columbia to Winnipeg to the Maritimes... municipalities across Canada are paying for upgrades to their infrastructure using the one mechanism they have at their disposal - rate hikes.

Newer Technologies Provide Answers to Infrastructure Issues
Broken, unsafe pipes... you wouldn't want to drink from them, why should your residents?
Click here to discover the solution.

Visit the Watermain Break Clock
Get an idea of just how often water mains break across Canada and the United States.
Visit the Watermain Break Clock here.

Broken watermains causing havoc for municipalities... with the ratepayers, and now inside the courtroom as well

Municipalities increasingly 'on the hook' for damages
Canadian homeowners and businesses are successfully suing municipalities for damages resulting from sewer and watermain failures, and local governments had better wake up to the fact that their aging underground pipes pose serious risk of liability.." More

Questions or concerns about municipal infrastructure?
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6810 Invader Cres, Mississauga, On L5T 2B6
Veso Sobot, P.Eng.
Director, Corporate Affairs
Ipex Inc.

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