FPUD approves valve replacement

The Fallbrook Public Utility District has a comprehensive asset management program to reduce catastrophic leaks and pipeline bursts and to maintain the integrity of FPUD's buried infrastructure. That includes a Pipeline and Valve Replacement Program to replace key valves.

"It significantly reduces the valve failure rate, especially when we're trying to isolate the system during pipeline breaks," FPUD general manager Brian Brady said of the Pipeline and Valve Replacement Program.

For both financial reasons and the need to maintain as much of FPUD's infrastructure as possible in service, the rep...