AMERICAN Steel Pipe recently named Paul F. Freund as assistant division sales manager. Freund joined AMERICAN in 2002 as a sales engineer in the Ductile Iron Pipe Division. He later worked in Orlando and Dallas before being promoted to sales […]
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Established in 1823, Huntsville Waterworks was the first municipal water system in Alabama. At the time, the population in the area was only about 1,300 people. Today, the population is estimated at more than 190,000, and Huntsville has been the fastest growing major city in Alabama the past 15 years.
Read MoreJust in time for the community’s annual Christmas Parade, Garney Construction delivered this 60-inch piece of candy-cane-striped AMERICAN ductile iron pipe.
Read MoreFor the second year in a row, AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe Senior Sales Engineer Rosemary Smud received the John Lechner Award of Excellence from AWWA’s California-Nevada Section during its Annual Fall Conference.
Read MoreWashington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) recently updated its specifications so that all ductile iron pipe installed in its system is zinc-coated and uses V-Bio enhanced polyethylene encasement. The zinc coating system is a proven, life extending product for iron pipe […]
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 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.
Read MoreOn Sept. 15, AMERICAN participated in ‘Imagine a Day Without Water’ — a national online movement to raise awareness about the value of water, the country’s aging and failing water infrastructure, and the need for investment.
Read MoreMorganton, North Carolina, recently became the first city in the state to install zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. Zinc pipe, manufactured by applying a coating of zinc to the pipe’s outer surface, will be used to upgrade the utility’s system.
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