Safeguarding Neighborhood Service During an Emergency With Valve Insertion

Large City in North Carolina — In July 2025, a large North Carolina city faced an urgent infrastructure issue requiring the repair of an 8-inch water main located on the side of a residential street. The challenge was clear: completing the repair without cutting service to a large neighborhood and the surrounding area.

If the main had been shut down without an inline solution, hundreds of residents would have been left without water, creating significant disruptions for households and the community at large. The utility needed a way to isolate the repair site while maintaining uninterrupted service to customers.

Download the project brief to read how Hydra-Stop’s Insta-Valve helped solve their challenge.