More than 13 miles of AMERICAN ductile iron pipe and nearly two dozen AMERICAN Flow Control® resilient wedge gate valves with Flex-Ring® ends are playing an important role in providing safe, affordable drinking water to fast-growing Paulding County, Georgia, one of the only counties in the metro-Atlanta region without an independent water supply.
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The Tri-County Water Authority (TCWA) was formed in 1991 as a not-for-profit water utility serving portions of Jackson, Cass and Bates counties, Missouri. When the system was first established, about half of the pipe installed were ductile iron and half were plastic PVC. Today, the authority’s 120 miles of pipe are approximately 75% ductile iron and 25% plastic PVC.
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Micheline Parkey was named risk manager at AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company earlier this year. In her role, Parkey identifies and manages potential risks for AMERICAN and its subsidiaries.
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AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company recently announced the addition of Scott Murphy as assistant vice president of Finance. Murphy brings 35 years of corporate finance and accounting experience to the company.
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AMERICAN will join more than 20,000 people from around the world at the Water Environment Federation’s Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference (WEFTEC) in Chicago, Illinois, Sept. 21-25, 2019. Visit us at Booth 1436.
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This also appeared in the September 2019 Opflow. By Maury D. Gaston, manager of Marketing Services for AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe The United States recently celebrated its centennial year of standards for engineering products. Today’s American […]
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Get an inside look at how AMERICAN’s ductile iron pipe is made.
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In 1887, Labor Day was established, and it became a federal holiday in 1894. While Labor Day often signifies the end of summer and until recently the start of a new school year for students, the purpose of the day […]
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Located 25 miles north of Seattle, Everett, Washington, is home to more than 110,000 residents. Everett is also located along the Cascadia fault line, which makes the city more susceptible to a massive earthquake. When the time came to replace some of its aging water distribution lines, the city installed AMERICAN’s Earthquake Joint System.
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Question: How do you design a water-delivery pipeline for an area that has averaged nearly one earthquake per week during the past year? Answer: Very carefully. Most agree that Oregon, with its breathtaking mountains and rugged coastline, is a scenic […]
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