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Mazza AC pipes have been extensively used in sewerage and drainage applications for the past 100 years.

Asbestos Cement (AC) pipes

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Mazza Asbestos Cement (AC) Pipes have been extensively used in sewerage and drainage applications for the past 100 years in various countries all over the world. According to the American Water Works Association (AWWA), 15% of the infrastructure system in United States is comprised of AC pipes as a national average. Overall, it is estimated that more than 6,00,000 miles of AC pipes are in use throughout the United States and Canada.

According to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA): “Certain types of asbestos-cement pipes are applicable in construction of wastewater force mains. The advantage of asbestos-cement pipes in sewer applications is their low hydraulic friction. These pipes are relatively lightweight, allowing long laying lengths in long lines. Asbestos-cement pipes are also highly corrosion resistant. At one time it was thought that many asbestos containing products (including asbestos-cement pipe) would be banned by the Environmental Protection Agency. However, a court ruling overturned this ban and this pipe is available and still used for wastewater force main applications.”

AC pipes have been used extensively in sewerage and drainage applicationsPhoto: iStockphoto

Information and Guidance Notes issued by the United Kingdom Water Fittings Byelaws have stated the ‘Useful Properties’ of AC pipes in sewerage:

1. Resistant to electro-chemical corrosion in sewerage
2. No encouragement to biological growths
3. Low and well maintained hydraulic resistance
4. Able to withstand external loads and fluctuating internal pressure
5. Tightness against infiltration and exfiltration

Our Mazza AC pipes, produced from the state-of-the-art Mazza technology, are ideal pipes for handling sewerage and drainage. Our pipes are manufactured as per IS 6908:1991. This Bureau of Indian Standards specification meets the stringent requirements of sewerage and drainage.

Our Mazza AC pipes are inexpensive, inert and easy to lay. Therefore, the usage of these pipes in sewerage and drainage would make it easier for the municipal corporations and state governments to provide sanitary facilities to our cities and towns more efficiently and at an unimaginably low cost.