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PVC Pipe Background Information
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsA polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe is made from a plastic and vinyl combination material. The pipes are durable, hard to damage, and long lasting. A PVC pipe does not rust, rot, or wear over time. For that reason, PVC piping is most commonly used in... -
What are plastic pressure pipe systems?
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsPlastic pressure pipe systems are used for the conveyance of drinking water, waste water, chemicals, heating and cooling fluids, foodstuffs, ultra-pure liquids, slurries, gases, compressed air and vacuum system applications, both for above and below ground applications. Plastic pressure pipe systems have been in use... -
What is PVC?
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsPolyvinyl chloride, (IUPAC Poly(chloroethanediyl)) commonly abbreviated PVC, is a thermoplastic polymer. It is a vinyl polymer constructed of repeating vinyl groups (ethenyls) having one of their hydrogens replaced with a chloride group. Polyvinyl chloride is the third most widely produced plastic, after polyethylene and polypropylene.[2]... -
JM Eagle alleges kickback scheme in PVC pipe whistle-blower suit
Posted on October 13, 2010 | No CommentsJM Eagle is fighting back against a whistle-blower lawsuit that alleges the company knowingly made substandard PVC water and sewer pipe. [. . .] The 70-page lawsuit alleges that from 1997 through 2005, JM Eagle made pipe with tensile strength below the level required by... -
Quality of STPUD pipe questioned in lawsuit
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsThe South Tahoe Public Utility District may need to replace hundreds of thousands of feet of pipe following a whistle-blower lawsuit against one of the world’s largest PVC pipe manufacturers, JM Eagle. The lawsuit alleges from 1996 through 2005 JM Eagle’s corporate predecessors, J-M Manufacturing,... -
JM Eagle Sued For Allegedly Inferior PVC Pipe Used In Water Systems
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsA class action lawsuit was filed Sept. 7 on behalf of private water utilities and commercial property owners potentially seeking hundreds of millions of dollars from JM Eagle for allegedly knowingly supplying substandard polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe for the transmission of water for fire hydrant... -
PVC pipe class action lawsuit filed against JM Eagle
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsThis September a class action lawsuit was filed on behalf of private commercial property owners and water utilities potentially seeking millions of dollars from JM Eagle for knowingly supplying substandard polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe. [. . .] The class action lawsuit alleges that from at... -
JM Eagle Whistle Blower Lawsuit
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsWe are all well aware of of the expense to repair and replace water lines. Utilities expect these assets to last 50 years with little to no problem, but many are seeing failures in recently installed JM Eagle PVC water pipes. Nevada, Virginia, Delaware, Tennessee... -
PVC pipe extruder JM Eagle hit with whistleblower lawsuit
Posted on October 12, 2010 | No CommentsJM Eagle has been hit with a whistle-blower lawsuit, joined by four states and 43 California cities and water districts, charging that under the direction of President Walter Wang, the company knowingly made substandard PVC water and sewer pipe to increase its profit. After Wang...