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CIPB
  
CIPP - Cured In-Place Piping: A process through which a resin-saturated tube is placed into an existing sewer line. Water is then sent into the line containing the tube. The water pressure causes the tube to turn inside-out, propelling it down the existing sewer line and forming it to the shape of the existing pipe. The heat-sensitive resin is now on the outer wall of the tube and inner wall of the existing line. In the final step, hot water is circulated throughout the existing line, causing the resin to cure. The result is a new, structurally-sound, tight-fitting, "pipe-within-a-pipe".

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Force Main
  
A pressurized pipe that carries sewage under pressure from lower to higher elevations.

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Gravity Sewer
  
The pipe that carries sewer from a higher point to lower point in the ground.

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Pipebursting
  
A technique that allows replacement of underground pipe with minimal disruption to the surrounding community and environment. As the pipe bursting tool travels through the existing line (host pipe), it effectively burst the old line, displacing the fragments into the surrounding soil while simultaneously pulling in the new product pipe.

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Potable Water
  
Chlorinated drinking water.

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Pump Station
  
The facility creates pressure within the system so that material can be transported from a lower elevation to a higher elevation in the ground.

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Raw Water
  
Untreated water from the Floridan Aquifer that has not been treated by JEA water plants.

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Reclaimed Water
  
Highly treated wastewater for use in selected irrigation and industrial processes. It is not intended for drinking or recreational purposes, but it does help reduce the demand on the Floridan Aquifer.

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Test
  
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Water Main
  
The pipe that carries potable water and provides fire protection.

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