Tag: AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe

AMERICAN Flow Control Marketing and Technical Manager Derek Scott and AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe Marketing Services Manager Maury Gaston talked to Water Online Radio at WEFTEC 2016. Scott discusses AMERICAN’s history of innovation and its introduction of the ALPHA restrained joint […]

Established in 1823, Huntsville Waterworks was the first municipal water system in Alabama. At the time, the population in the area was only about 1,300 people. Today, the population is estimated at more than 190,000, and Huntsville has been the fastest growing major city in Alabama the past 15 years.

For the second year in a row, AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe Senior Sales Engineer Rosemary Smud received the John Lechner Award of Excellence from AWWA’s California-Nevada Section during its Annual Fall Conference.

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 […]

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 […]

Jim Watterson, district sales manager with AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe, recently received the George Warren Fuller Award from the Alabama/Mississippi Section of the American Water Works Association.

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.

The estimated $30-million West Side Loop 48-inch Replacement Project is being conducted by the Cobb County-Marietta Water Authority to provide additional water to western Cobb County and Paulding County in Georgia. For the project, a 48-year-old, 36-inch pre-stressed concrete cylinder pipe (PCCP) that recently failed is being replaced with 48-inch ductile iron pipe.

AMERICAN Zinc is an advancement in corrosion control for iron pipe. Zinc has been used for more than 50 years to extend the life of iron pipe, and protects millions of feet of cast and ductile iron pipe in corrosive environments.

Network H2O, a plan for augmenting our nation’s water supply through an expanded water network, received the ASCE Best Value Award in the Innovative Business Models and Technologies category.