Year: 2013

Smithfield Estates Park in North Birmingham looks a little different now. That’s because more than 300 volunteers converged on the small park located in the heart of the Smithfield Estates neighborhood on April 13 to paint a colorful mural. AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company sponsored […]

Julie H. Shedd has been named Human Resources Division director at AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company (AMERICAN). Leann Barr, current HR director, will retire in January 2014.

AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe Sales Engineer Jay Cermenaro, Pittsburgh District Sales Office, was recently awarded the John Lechner Award of Excellence by the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Ohio Section. The award is given to a Manufacturers/Associates Council (MAC) member […]

The launch site used for most NASA-led space exploration efforts since 1968, the Kennedy Space Center (KSC), will soon be home to more than 25 miles of AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company products.

Several Waterous Pacer hydrants made the news in Arizona recently when a resident painted them in tribute to America’s service men and women. Her most recent memorial was in honor of the Granite Mountain Hotshots, the 19 firefighters of Prescott, […]

In Daly City, Calif., an 8-inch cast iron pipe installed in the 1930s breaks, sending 45,000 gallons of water downhill and damaging houses and vehicles. In a suburb of Washington, D.C., a 54-inch concrete cylinder pipe fails, threatening to leave an estimated 200,000 residents without water for days. In Cherokee County, Ga., a 20-foot section of PVC pipe splits, creating a sink hole.

When a 42-inch valve manufactured in the 1930s became inoperable, the Birmingham Water Works Board (BWWB) turned to AMERICAN.

Progressive Rail salutes AMERICAN in its July 1 issue of News From the Tracks

Planning for a new wastewater treatment plant in Pensacola, Fla., had already begun when Hurricane Ivan hit in 2004. But that planning accelerated after Ivan’s Category 3 winds pummeled the area, knocked out operations at the city’s downtown wastewater treatment plant and caused untreated sewage to flow in the streets with Ivan’s storm surge. ECUA’s response to the hurricane is now the state-of-the-art Central Water Reclamation Facility (CWRF), which began operations in August 2010.

In 2012, Columbia County Water Utility completed installation of its North Belair Road transmission main in Martinez, Ga. The pipeline is more than four miles long and is 36 inches in diameter. In terms of diameter, this is the utility’s largest water main.