The town of Danville, Indiana, recently became the first in the state to specify and install zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. The 1,500 linear feet of 6-inch zinc-coated AMERICAN ductile iron pipe was used in a replacement project. Water Superintendent Jim […]
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Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority’s West Side Loop 48-inch Replacement Project is being conducted to provide additional water to western Cobb County and Paulding County in Georgia. AMERICAN provided approximately 30,000 feet of 48-inch-diameter V-Bio wrapped ductile iron pipe and more than 20 […]
Read MoreJim Watterson, district sales manager with AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe, recently received the George Warren Fuller Award from the Alabama/Mississippi Section of the American Water Works Association.
Read MoreAMERICAN Flow Control unveiled the new ALPHA restrained joint today for use on its Series 2500 4- to 12-inch Resilient Wedge Gate Valves and its American-Darling and Waterous fire hydrants. While it takes a two-man crew about seven minutes to install […]
Read MoreWomen comprise less than 25 percent of personnel at manufacturing companies. Meet Rosemary Smud, Wanda Little and Thea Jones — three women in manufacturing who are defying the odds.
Read MoreAMERICAN Flow Control unveiled the new ALPHA restrained joint today for use on its Series 2500 4- to 12-inch Resilient Wedge Gate Valves and its American-Darling and Waterous fire hydrants at WEFTEC 2016.
Read MoreMore than 6,800 cubic yards of structural concrete are being used in the construction of a new Trickling Filter and Trickling Filter Pump Station in Bismarck, North Dakota. These structures are being built well below the area’s water table, and the more than 6,800 cubic yards of concrete will protect them against the effects of Mother Nature.
Read MoreAlthough often considered an industry that is slow to change, the waterworks industry itself has come a long way. Take the fire hydrant for instance. It’s one of the few visible pieces of today’s water distribution system.
Read MoreInfrastructure projects in 2016 are not that different from those in the 1800s: Transportation, communication, power utilities, and sewage and drinking water systems. Today, however, these systems are considerably more complex and expensive.
Read MoreDid you know the earliest planned piped water distribution systems were installed, not for drinking water, but for firefighting? Today, more than one million miles of drinking water pipes form a distribution web that stretches from across the U.S.
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