April 22, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. In this article, Maury D. Gaston, chairman of the Alabama Iron and Steel Council, a council of Manufacture Alabama, and AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Marketing Services manager, discusses the importance of clean water and how it is the “greatest advancement in public health in the history of the world.” Gaston also notes that ductile iron pipe is manufactured from 100% recycled iron and steel. “Iron and steel: safe for you, good for the environment – on Earth Day and every day.”