Year: 2014

Legislation to help lower the cost of repairing our nation’s water and wastewater infrastructure was signed into law by the president June 10, 2014.

AMERICAN Flow Control has been working with the EPA to obtain clarification of the EPA’s March 20, 2014 guidance document outlining water systems’ compliance with the American Iron and Steel (AIS) provision cited in the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014.

The Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2014 contains an American Iron and Steel (AIS) provision in Section 436 requiring all Clean Water State Revolving Fund (CWSRF) and Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) recipients to use iron and steel products produced in the United States for all projects receiving assistance through Federal Fiscal Year 2014.

The study looked at energy consumption and annual operating costs of Huntsville Utilities, Huntsville, Ala., for 2012 and found a modeled annual cost savings of $666,999 based on ductile iron’s increased efficiency. These savings translate to 7,110,105 fewer kilowatt-hours to operate the system than if another pipe material was used.

All pressure pipe installed within the city of St. Cloud, Minnesota, will now be SMaRT certified, a designation given to products that use recycled materials, provide energy savings and are environmentally safe. Ductile iron pipe is the only pressure pipe […]

AMERICAN’s News Center Development Team took home top honors at the 2014 Medallion Awards Competition, hosted by the Public Relations Council of Alabama.

AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company Founder John J. Eagan recently made Weld for Birmingham’s list of 50 most influential people in Birmingham’s history.

AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company partnered with Hands On Birmingham to clean up around Lewis Elementary School as part of MLK Jr. Day of Service on Jan. 20, 2014. More than 50 volunteers raked leaves, planted and trimmed shrubbery, and […]

AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company is featured in the January 2014 issue of Trenchless Technology. The article looks at the company’s history and use of AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe in trenchless installations.

Customers, contractors, engineers and project managers now have on-the-go access to information on AMERICAN Flow Control (AFC) products with the introduction of the AFC Valve and Hydrant Digital Manual. The digital manual can be viewed on any laptop or mobile […]