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    Best pipe material for submerged water service

    Ed, Thanks for the reply. What exactly is a lean duplex stainless grade?
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    Best pipe material for submerged water service

    Mike, The nozzles spray lake water onto the back side of submerged wedgewire screens to remove leaves, etc. It's an underwater backwash system. The deepest nozzle is 12 feet down, and I'm supplying 80 psi water. It works great--we've tested it. The system is raised during the winter and...
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    Best pipe material for submerged water service

    I am designing a pressurized water system that will be submerged in lake water. It will be 2 to 6 inch steel. I would like to know if I should specify stainless (if so, what type) or carbon steel with some kind of coating (paint or hot dip galv.) Do I need to coat inside and out? The system...

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