Several factors affect the cost and amount of electrical power required to operate a utility system. By calculating how different pipe materials and different types of isolation valves impact energy costs, utilities can potentially save thousands of dollars each year.
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The system, for use with AMERICAN’s pipe, valves and hydrants, moves up and down and side to side to resist the tremendous underground forces from an earthquake.
Read MoreAMERICAN’s Earthquake Joint System protects water infrastructure during seismic events. The system, for use with AMERICAN’s pipe, valves, and hydrants, moves up and down and side to side to resist the tremendous underground forces from an earthquake.
Read MoreWater utilities across the U.S. are specifying and installing zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. Why zinc? It’s a proven, life extending product for iron pipe, adding years of life and service to an already reliable and resilient product.
Read MoreWater utilities across the U.S. are specifying and installing zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. Why zinc? It’s a proven, life extending product for iron pipe, adding years of life and service to an already reliable and resilient product.
Read MoreResearch from the University of Michigan provides a new cost analysis tool for utilities that shows while PVC pipe may cost less initially, ductile iron pipe lasts longer, making it more cost effective over the life cycle of the pipe.
Read MoreAMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company is proud to be a presenter and exhibitor at the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) Pipelines 2016 Conference July 17-20, in Kansas City, Missouri. The theme is “Out of Sight, Out of Mind, But Not Out of Risk,”
Read MoreThe estimated $30-million West Side Loop 48-inch Replacement Project is being conducted by the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority to provide additional water to western Cobb County and Paulding County in Georgia. For the project, a 48-year-old, 36-inch pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) that recently failed is being replaced with 48-inch ductile iron pipe.
Read MoreRick Ratcliffe, AMERICAN Flow Control territory manager and resident of Tampa, Florida, was presented with the George Warren Fuller Award from the Florida Section of the American Water Works Association (AWWA) at ACE16. The Fuller Award recognizes AWWA members who […]
Read MoreFor the second time in three years, AMERICAN Flow Control has been recognized by AWWA for its advertising efforts. The “AMERICAN Landscape” ad received the Bronze Award for Best of Show Advertising in the Journal – AWWA.
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