The type of plastic pipe that caused a natural gas explosion and fire in a Cupertino condominium last month has long been considered a potential threat to the public, but federal pipeline regulators ...

SAN FRANCISCO-- Pacific Gas and Electric Co. will undertake a multiyear effort to remove more than 1,200 miles of plastic pipeline that has been linked to numerous failures nationwide, including two ...

Facing pressure after a leaky plastic gas pipe sparked a fire at a Cupertino condominium complex, PG&E has decided to replace all 1,231 miles of the same type of aging and notoriously faulty pipeline ...

Columbia Gas and its contractor, Miller Pipeline, are set to begin a pipeline replacement project in Sterling. Crews are installing about 15,000 feet of new plastic pipe serving roughly 150 properties ...

The same kind of plastic pipe that once was thought to be the water main “of the future” caused Hamilton’s recent natural gas disruptions, mainly on Main Street and Park Avenue, according to a city ...

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) pipe refers to the white plastic pipe utilized for drainage and plumbing. PVC has become a leading substitute for metal piping. It is highly utilized plastic globally, given ...

The plastic polyethylene pipe was made by DuPont prior to 1984, when the company started using an improved resin to reduce brittleness, according to documents Avista filed with the state. Avista had ...

SAN BRUNO (AP) — A 2-inch plastic gas pipe ruptured Thursday in the same San Francisco suburb where a pipeline explosion killed eight people in 2010, prompting more than a dozen homes to be briefly ...

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Facing pressure after a leaky plastic gas pipe sparked a fire at a Cupertino condominium complex, PG&E has decided to replace all 1,231 miles of the same type of aging and notoriously faulty pipeline ...