Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission (WSSC) recently updated its specifications so that all ductile iron pipe installed in its system is zinc-coated and uses V-Bio enhanced polyethylene encasement. The zinc coating system is a proven, life extending product for iron pipe […]
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The town of Danville, Indiana, recently became the first in the state to specify and install zinc-coated ductile iron pipe. The 1,500 linear feet of 6-inch zinc-coated AMERICAN ductile iron pipe was used in a replacement project. Water Superintendent Jim […]
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More than 6,800 cubic yards of structural concrete are being used in the construction of a new Trickling Filter and Trickling Filter Pump Station in Bismarck, North Dakota. These structures are being built well below the area’s water table, and the more than 6,800 cubic yards of concrete will protect them against the effects of Mother Nature.
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In late March 2016, a large sinkhole developed in Tarpon Springs, Florida, engulfing part of a nearby road and damaging two sewer lines and a water line. AMERICAN Flow Control built and delivered four valves in 36 hours for the repair.
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A contractor for San Jose Water Company in San Jose, California, has taken delivery of more than 3,000 feet of zinc-coated iron pipe from AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe, making it among the nation’s first utilities to install zinc-coated pipe.
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Loudoun Water, a water utility serving customers in Loudoun County, Virginia, recently undertook an innovative, green approach to supplying water in the face of game-changing growth and development.
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The Birmingham Water Works Board is the largest water utility in the state of Alabama, providing water to approximately 600,000 people across the Greater Birmingham area. Its service area contains about 4,000 miles of ductile iron pipe.
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Columbus Water Works is adding water lines to the Malone Ranges at the Fort Benning military base. Zinc-coated AMERICAN Fastite pipe and American-Darling B-84-B hydrants with the STORZ pumper connection were installed on the project.
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A tri-city water partnership two years in the making is now complete. The partnership involved three North Carolina cities – Albemarle, Concord and Kannapolis – that worked together to ensure their customers’ needs were met for years to come.
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Blue Plains Wastewater Treatment Facility is the largest advanced wastewater treatment plant in the world, with a capacity to treat an average of 370 million gallons of sewage a day. Some $4 billion in recently completed projects and work now in progress are making the plant more efficient and taking its green operations to new levels.
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