It works in the US too. I lived in a neighborhood served by a small mutual water company (160 houses). When we needed to replace old 4 inch mains by new 6 inc

It works in the US too. I lived in a neighborhood served by a small mutual water company (160 houses). When we needed to replace old 4 inch mains by new 6 inch mains, the neighbors did all the in-the-trenches manual labor.