![The San Juan River Project involved the installation of 52 kilometers [170,560 feet] of 16-inch and 20-inch AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe with zinc coating and a pigmented asphalt. Concrete thrusts were installed to anchor the pipe along the entire aqueduct.](https://american-usa.com/news/wp-content/uploads/PotosiBolivia-TWOPHOTOS-300x146.jpg)
More than 20 years ago, Potosí, Bolivia, embarked on a massive project to bring much-needed water to residents after the area experienced drought on and off for 80 years. The San Juan River Project involved the installation of 170,560 feet of 16-inch and 20-inch AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe.
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Congratulations to AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe/AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Sales Engineer Wyatt Robinson on being appointed to the American Water Works Association’s Young Professionals Committee. Robinson’s three-year term will begin July 1, 2021.
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AMERICAN’s ductile iron pipe in diameters from 4 to 64 inches is proudly made at our company’s headquarters in Birmingham, Alabama. Since 1905, we’ve been making products essential to our nation’s water infrastructure and in turn, our nation’s public health and safety.
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AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Regional Sales Manager Jeff Blakely was recently recognized as one of the inaugural recipients of the American Water Works Association’s 5 Under 35 – Outstanding Young Professionals Award. The award is given to young professional AWWA members who have demonstrated outstanding service to their sections or the association through leadership and active participation in AWWA Young Professionals programs. Blakely was chosen from 23 nominees from North America evaluated on eight criteria.
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Congratulations to AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Sales Engineer Zach Miller on his recent appointment as vice chair of the Young Professionals Committee of the New York Section of the American Water Works Association. The Young Professionals […]
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AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Regional Sales Manager Jeff Blakely was recently appointed to the American Water Works Association’s Manufacturers and Associates Council (MAC). His three-year term begins in June 2021. MAC represents AWWA members in the […]
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AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company joined 50 corporations and government agencies – as well as more than 70 engineering, education and cultural societies – in celebrating Engineers Week. This year’s theme – Imagining Tomorrow – celebrates all the ways engineers make the world a better place.
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In a January 4, 2021, feature story in the New York Times, author Ben Ryder Howe discusses the current state of water supply in the west. He writes of the history and current water supply and demand, including the recent […]
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Mike Petrus, vice president of Manufacturing-AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe, was appointed to the State Workforce Development Board by Alabama Governor Kay Ivey on December 8, 2020. Petrus will serve as a representative of business and industry. Members of the Workforce […]
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