DESIGN AND PERFORMANCE OF THE DIRECT-BURY WATER AND SEWER UTILITIES IN BARROW

• Main Authors: Beez Hazeni, James E. Thomas, Don B. Thornburgs
• Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Barrow; eskimo*; inuit; Alaska
• Online Access: http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.532.3196; http://pubs.aina.ucalgary.ca/cpc/cpc5-397.pdf

Construction of a village-wide underground utilities system for the Northern Eskimo community of Barrow. Alaska, USA, began in 1981. In 1985 the configuration of the utilities system was changed from an underground utilidor to direct-bury system for water and sewer lines. This paper discusses the design and performance of the direct-bury piping system and makes recommendations for system design, operation and maintenance. La consbuction d'un rbseau souterrain de services publics pour l'ensemble de l'btablissement inuit nordique de Barrow (Alaska) aux E.-U. a commend en 1981. En 1985, la cdguration du rbseau a bd modifibe: d'un tcutilidor ~ souterrain, on est pasd it un rbseau d'aqueducs et d'bgouts directement enfouis. Cet article traite de la conception et du rendement du rbseau de conduites enfouies et contient des recommandations sur la conception, le fonctionnement et l'entretien de tels rbeaux.