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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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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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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A 30-inch diameter 160-year-old cast iron pipe was recently excavated and retired from gas service in Chicago, Illinois. Installed in 1859, this pipeline provided Chicago’s residents, fewer than 112,000 at the time, with reliable lighting at night. As the years […]
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Saint Paul Regional Water Services (SPRWS) currently serves more than 430,000 customers spread over 122 square miles. It maintains over 1,200 miles of water main, much of which was installed in the early-to-mid-20th century.
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Listen for AMERICAN waterworks experts Derek Scott (AMERICAN Flow Control) and Maury Gaston (AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe) on Water Talk at WEFTEC 2018 in New Orleans in October. The show kicked off broadcast coverage of the […]
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By Maury D. Gaston, chairman of the Alabama and Steel Council Last week was National Drinking Water Week and this week is National Infrastructure week. Both are set aside to highlight the essential role of drinking water and the nation’s […]
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Six million gallons of water per day (MGD) sounds like a lot of water, and it is, but it wasn’t enough to meet Limestone County’s projected demands for drinking water. Around 1,000 customers were being added each year, and a number of inquiries had been made about increased industrial development.
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