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The French and German utilities <strong>in</strong>terviewed have switched <strong>in</strong> recent years to almost exclusive use <strong>of</strong><br />

UV-cured CIPP methods. These are considered to be better controlled and to benefit from factory<br />

impregnation, which is more readily supervised than site impregnation. Monitor<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the <strong>in</strong>stallation is<br />

also considered to be easier and more thorough. They also tend to let term contracts to s<strong>in</strong>gle contractors<br />

who can meet specific experience criteria, rather than go<strong>in</strong>g to open competitive tender for each project.<br />

The UV-cured methods have taken a dom<strong>in</strong>ant share <strong>of</strong> the CIPP market <strong>in</strong> Germany, which are both the<br />

largest market <strong>in</strong> Europe and the technology leader.<br />

The U.K. utilities <strong>in</strong>terviewed also place contracts for a five-year Asset Management Period (AMP) with<br />

a s<strong>in</strong>gle or small number <strong>of</strong> selected contractors. This is <strong>in</strong>tended to ensure that better quality <strong>in</strong>stallation<br />

is achieved.<br />

In S<strong>in</strong>gapore, there has been relatively little usage <strong>of</strong> UV-cured methods; air <strong>in</strong>version and steam cur<strong>in</strong>g<br />

appears to dom<strong>in</strong>ate. Epoxy res<strong>in</strong>s are also used for all rehabilitation at diameters up to and <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g 225<br />

mm (9 <strong>in</strong>.) despite its contractors experienc<strong>in</strong>g difficulties <strong>in</strong> controll<strong>in</strong>g the mixed res<strong>in</strong> <strong>in</strong> a tropical<br />

climate. Thames Water is the other utility that has selectively specified epoxy res<strong>in</strong> systems, with<br />

polyester res<strong>in</strong> cont<strong>in</strong>u<strong>in</strong>g to be the dom<strong>in</strong>ant res<strong>in</strong> used. Brisbane Water (now Queensland Urban<br />

Utilities) is the only other utility surveyed <strong>in</strong> a tropical or semi-tropical region, and makes only limited<br />

use <strong>of</strong> CIPP because <strong>of</strong> the difficulty <strong>of</strong> controll<strong>in</strong>g the cur<strong>in</strong>g <strong>of</strong> the res<strong>in</strong>s used.<br />

Experience <strong>of</strong> us<strong>in</strong>g short l<strong>in</strong>ers, top hats or similar for connections, and lateral l<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g is shown <strong>in</strong><br />

Table 8-4.<br />

Table 8-4. Usage <strong>of</strong> Other CIPP Materials<br />

Utility Short L<strong>in</strong>ers<br />

Top Hats or<br />

Similar Lateral L<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

Thames Water Some Few Little<br />

Severn Trent Water Not known Not known Not known<br />

Agglomeration de Chartres No No No<br />

Agglomeration des Hauts-de-Bièvre Tried, no longer Tried, no longer 4 – 5km<br />

used<br />

used<br />

Gött<strong>in</strong>gen Stadtentwässerung Tried, no longer Tried, no longer 6km<br />

used<br />

used<br />

Technische Betriebe der Stadt<br />

Tried, no longer Tried, no longer No<br />

Leverkusen<br />

Public Utilities Board S<strong>in</strong>gapore No 9,000 km No<br />

Queensland Urban Utilities 660 km 120 km 330 km<br />

Sydney Water 200 km No No<br />

used<br />

Many utilities state that they no longer use either short l<strong>in</strong>ers or top hats, based on negative experience<br />

with them. Short l<strong>in</strong>ers need to adhere to the host pipe and not shr<strong>in</strong>k, so epoxy res<strong>in</strong>s are used.<br />

Nevertheless utilities have experienced problems with the short l<strong>in</strong>ers be<strong>in</strong>g damaged by high pressure<br />

water jett<strong>in</strong>g.<br />

8.3 Specifications and Design<br />

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used<br />

The use <strong>of</strong> specifications by the participat<strong>in</strong>g utilities is shown <strong>in</strong> Table 8-5.

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