Pipe bursting enables rehabilitation of wastewater lines compromised by earthquakeProblem - A string of devastating earthquakes that began in 2010 in Christchurch, New Zealand, either destroyed or damaged most wastewater systems in the town and surrounding foothills. Years after the quakes, there are still hundreds of miles of gravity-fed clay sewer laterals that need rehabilitation or replacement.Solution - Pipe bursting has proven to be not only one of the quickest techniques, but one of the least intrusive to landscape and property and lowest in overall cost. John Grant, general manager of Ditch Witch New Zealand, the HammerHead Trenchless Equipment distributor for New
