Tag: AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe

The world record for horizontal directional drilling (HDD) using 36-inch ductile iron pipe was recently broken as AMERICAN Flex-Ring Ductile Iron Pipe was pulled 1,740 feet in Pasco County, Florida.

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.

On December 15, 2015, the White House announced an initiative to engage the private sector in advancing the nation’s water infrastructure. The strategy will focus on innovation, technology and private-sector investment. Water supply, water transfers, water conservation and broader water […]

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.

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.

The Challenge: Limestone rock. The Solution: Limestone rock in Murfreesboro, Tennessee, made the prospect of constructing a new wastewater main difficult. The pipe material selected had to be strong and durable. Plastic and rock don’t mix. AMERICAN’s Flex-Ring ductile iron […]

AMERICAN Marketing Services Manager Maury Gaston will speak at the Huntsville Branch of the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2015. Gaston will present his Network H2O plan to augment our nation’s water supply through an […]

AMERICAN unveiled its Amarillo Fast-Grip Gasket for use with AMERICAN Fastite Pipe earlier this year. When introduced, the gasket was offered in only standard SBR but is now available in EPDM and Nitrile.

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.

AMERICAN’s Skip Benton, assistant division manager of AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe, and wife Cathy were recently featured in an al.com story about their connection to football legend Tony Nathan, the main character in the recently released “Woodlawn” movie.