The state is conducting its first pilot test of 60-inch diameter pipe in Fort Valley with an $8.5 million project to replace an old clay tile storm water drainage system running through the downtown.

"It's not just the 65-inch pipe, which is primarily for sewer and water mains, but the sizes in between — the 36, 42 and 48 — that also will be potable water infrastructure and sewer.

Soleno’s 45,000-square foot production plant is already pumping out large diameter plastic pipes — giant machinery is slowly molding a set of pipes more than 10-feet in diameter.