The 21st anniversary of the magnitude 6.7 1994 Northridge Earthquake, became the opportunity for announcing the upgrade of the water-pipe infrastructure around the Northridge Hospital Medical Center. Besides the specific location, Los Angeles Department of Water and Power officials plan the installation of the new technology pipes at key locations along the 7,200 mile water pipe network of the city, a project worth $10 million.
The $5.2 million project includes the installation of 6,500 feet of earthquake-resistant water pipes that will serve the Northridge Hospital Medical Center. Saliba Salo, president of Dignity Health Northridge Hospital expressed his excitement about the selection of the area stating that "the hospital relies on the city of Los Angeles and LADWP to secure its access to water and electricity. After all, as we saw during the Northridge earthquake, during a crisis the community will look to us for urgent medical needs and we need to be able to provide the basics such as water and electricity".
The pipes were developed in Japan and are specifically designed for extreme loading conditions, such as earthquakes, landslides, as well as temperature fluctuations. They are segmented to allow for some relative movement between their components, thus giving the pipe system a certain degree of flexibility. Their revolutionary performance - based design, is further enhanced by a locking mechanism which keeps the segments together, in case of non-tolerable loading forces. 1,750 feet of 6-inch quake-resistant pipes have already been installed in residential areas already from 2013, while plans for their use throughout the DWP network are under way.
Sources: NBCLA, DailyNews.com
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