Smart soil design to stop Australia's underground water pipelines from corroding

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May 18, 2026, 7:20 am121 ptsTrending
Engineers are rethinking the soil surrounding buried pipelines in a bid to help reduce Australia's billion-dollar annual corrosion problem and extend the lifespan of critical infrastructure. The Monash research, published in Geotechnical and Geological Engineering, explores how specially designed backfill…

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