Performance Pipe, a division of Chevron Phillips Chemical Company LP, manufactures polyethylene (PE) piping and fittings for a variety of applications. Performance Pipe’s parent company, Phillips 66, invented high density polyethylene (HDPE) as well as the butt fusion joining process. They first used HDPE pipe in the 1950’s to take advantage of the pipe’s features and benefits for water, brine, crude oil and gas gathering. With over 50 years experience in the manufacturing of quality PE pipe and seven plants across the U.S. utilizing state-of-the-art extrusion technology, Performance Pipe is a name you can trust for your water and wastewater piping.

Why Use HDPE Pipe for Water?

The EPA has identified the two biggest problems facing America’s infrastructure as corrosion and leakage. According to the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) 2017 infrastructure report, there is an estimated 240,000 water main breaks per year in the United States, wasting over two trillion gallons of treated drinking water. DriscoPlex® HDPE pipes offer a solution. HDPE pipes do not rust and are suited for installation in aggressive soils. DriscoPlex® HDPE pipes are joined by heat fusion which forms a continuous pipe without gasket joints to leak.

DriscoPlex® 4000/4100 Series HDPE Pipe

DriscoPlex® 4000/4100 series pipe serves multiple markets, including municipal potable water, raw water, process water, sewer, and industrial applications. DriscoPlex® 4100 Series is based on iron pipe size (IPS) OD’s and DriscoPlex® 4000 Series is based on ductile iron pipe size (DIPS) OD’s. Common sizes, dimension ratios (DR), and dimensions are found in Table 2. For a full range of available sizes and DR’s, see PP152 (IPS) and PP153 (DIPS), size and dimension sheets. 4000/4100 piping meets or exceeds the manufacturing and material requirements of ASTM D3035/AWWA C901 for sizes ≤ 3”, ASTM F714/AWWA C906 for sizes ≥ 4”, and are evaluated to the toxicological requirements of NSF/ANSI 61.

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