Ruptures in a 24-inch force main flooded homes in Guadalupe and jeopardized production at the 235,000 barrel-per-day PEMEX oil refinery in Cadereyta Jiménez, Nuevo León, Mexico. The facility, which owns the pipe, uses recycled effluent from the Monterrey Wastewater Treatment Plant for cooling and other processes.
The force main, one of four, is the most important feeder to the treatment plant. The City of Monterrey issued a state of emergency and requested bids to rehabilitate the sewer. ACE DuraFlo de Mexico (ADF) in Monterrey, received the contract.
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