Tag: AWWA

Christopher Glassing, territory manager for AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company, was recently awarded the Minnesota Section of the American Water Works Association’s (AWWA) Volunteer of the Year Award.

Rosemary Burbulis Smud, a sales engineer with AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe, has announced her candidacy for presidency of the American Water Works Association (AWWA), the largest nonprofit scientific and educational association dedicated to managing and treating water.

In Daly City, Calif., an 8-inch cast iron pipe installed in the 1930s breaks, sending 45,000 gallons of water downhill and damaging houses and vehicles. In a suburb of Washington, D.C., a 54-inch concrete cylinder pipe fails, threatening to leave an estimated 200,000 residents without water for days. In Cherokee County, Ga., a 20-foot section of PVC pipe splits, creating a sink hole.