Tag: AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe

This is Drinking Water Week, a week that highlights the essential role of drinking water in our society and economy. Given the current environment, the dependability of our public water supply is most likely even more appreciated than in years past. But how did we get here?

April 22, 2020, marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day. Maury D. Gaston discusses the importance of clean water and how it is the “greatest advancement in public health in the history of the world.”

Matt Rosenwald, senior sales engineer for AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe in the Southwest Region, was recently appointed to the American Water Works Association’s Manufacturers and Associates Council (MAC).

By Maury D. Gaston, manager of Marketing Services for AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe World Water Day is March 22. In the context of today’s news, speaking about clean water and public health is more topical than […]

AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe have announced the placement of four new sales professionals: Dustin Covington, Zach Miller, Wyatt Robinson and Stu Sanders.

During National Engineers Week, we salute the many engineers at AMERICAN and across the country who – like all pioneers – use their knowledge, creativity and sense of adventure to cross frontiers.

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.

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.

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.

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 […]