SACRAMENTO – California home builders on Monday won the right to use less-expensive plastic water piping instead of copper, ending a two-decade-long battle against groups that warned of plastic’s ...

PVC pipe has the environmental and economical attributes needed for long-lasting water and sewer systems, according to a 128-page report that is said to be the first comprehensive environmental review ...

NEW: A Uni-Bell PVC Pipe Association official has a rebuttal to the Beyond Plastics report covered in this story. Read the detailed update here. Bennington, Vt.-based Beyond Plastics, a nonprofit ...

Chlorinated polyvinyl chloride, or C-PVC, is commonly used in construction due to its high heat deflection temperature, resistance to corrosive chemicals and relative low cost. C-PVC is available in ...

Want to save money on your water bill? Learn how to make a DIY sprinkler using PVC pipe that will effectively water your lawn ...

(CBS News) Few things are as crucial to everyday life as clean water, carried in PVC plastic pipe. Much of it is made by JM Eagle, the biggest pipe manufacturer of plastic PVC pipe on the planet. But ...

Chauncey grew up on a farm in rural northern California. At 18 he ran away and saw the world with a backpack and a credit card, discovering that the true value of any point or mile is the experience ...

Q. We recently had some plumbing repaired by a local handyman. He installed some plastic pipe in our domestic water supply system. A neighbor looked at the job and said the repair compromised the main ...