TPi November 2013

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GPS has supplied 2,300m of pipe for the Black Lane scheme

New pipe for resilience scheme GPS PE Pipe Systems is helping to ensure continuity of water supply to the Blandford area of Dorset, UK, with the supply of a pipeline that will link Snowsdon Reservoir to Black Lane water treatment works, then on to the Blandford supply main. projects so far, including the 2,300m of pipe supplied for the Black Lane scheme.

for the road crossings, installing two 355mm water mains under the A354 at Blandford and a 180mm SDR11 telemetry duct along a 120m stretch of pipeline at 3m centres. Martin Wood, Wessex Water’s design coordinator on the Water Supply Grid project, commented, “By working with GPS as the pipe supplier we were able to tailor the size of pipe to the required flow rate at different sections of the route. The result is a scheme that will minimise the risk of low pressures within Blandford.”

Delivered by Trant Construction, the Black Lane scheme aims to address any risk of future supply shortfalls that result from increased demand and potential low pressure due to the size of the existing main. GPS has provided a mix of pipe sizes ranging from 180 to 450mm diameter in blue PE100 SDR17 pipe, along with special high performance profiled gaskets for critical road crossings.

The scheme forms part of Wessex Water’s Water Supply Grid initiative, the company’s largest ever resilience project and one that will see Wessex Water carry out 50 individual schemes across Somerset, Wiltshire and Dorset during an eight-year rolling programme. As Wessex Water’s framework PE pipe supplier, GPS has supplied more than 26km of pipe for Water Supply Grid

GPs Pe Pipe systems – UK www.gpsuk.com

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