Fish Not Foul—PVC Piping Is Critical to Modern Mega-Aquariums

Visitors to the huge Ocean Voyager exhibit at Atlanta’s Georgia Aquarium find a tank the length of a football field, containing 6.3 million gallons of salt water. They can see thousands of denizens of the open ocean, including whale sharks, the largest fish in the world. What they don’t see is the critical life support system that depends on 10 miles of PVC pipe.

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Vinyl Records – 60 Years Strong and Still in the Groove. ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 23, 2008 – To paraphrase Mark Twain, rumors of the death of vinyl records have been greatly exaggerated. In fact, their popularity has received a louder buzz lately. ...Full Story
Giant Red PVC Ball Invades The Windy City. SOMEWHERE IN CHICAGO, Sept. 19, 2008 – All month pedestrians here have reported seeing a 15-foot red ball bulging from alleyways, shoved beneath overpasses, and wedged into bridge walkways. ...Full Story
Vinyl Industry Offers 'Second Opinion' on Green Guide for Health Care. ARLINGTON, Va., Sept. 5, 2008 – The vinyl, chlorine, cement and other industries raised objections to material bias and discrimination in round-two comments on the Green Guide for Health Care. ...Full Story
PVC Floats Nurture Oysters, Clean Chesapeake Bay. HELLEN CREEK, Md., Aug. 22, 2008 (VNS) – Oyster ranchers have launched several floats made of PVC pipe in a passionate effort to replenish the oyster supply, and improve water quality. ...Full Story
Brazil Boosts Imports of Vinyl Resin to Meet Demand . SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. 13, 2008 (VNS) – Vinyl resin consumption in Brazil will increase 10% in 2008, surpassing domestic capacities, and necessitating the import of 100,000 tons of resin in 2008 ...Full Story
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LunaSea and PVC—Sounds Crazy But it Works
The lattice of PVC pipes rises 25 feet and looks something like a giant Tinkertoy—except that it’s on the ocean floor, and assembling it is far from child’s play. This is LunaSea, an in-water task training exercise for astronauts in NASA’s Extreme Environment Mission Operations (NEEMO) program.

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