Preston Reid has been named Melting Manager for AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company. Reid has worked in various roles in Melting, Ductile Iron Pipe, Maintenance and Steel Pipe.
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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 […]
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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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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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World Water Day is March 22. This is a day to recognize the essential role of water in our lives including health, energy, agriculture, industry and business. Where would we be without clean water? How have our state and our local industries in Alabama contributed to safe and clean water?
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The estimated 100-year-old small diameter water mains coming westward out of Manning, South Carolina, were beginning to show their age. So when it was determined the South Carolina Department of Transportation would soon be resurfacing SC Highway 261, the city knew it was the optimal time to replace these aging smaller mains.
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On the morning of Dec. 12, 2017, about 30 homes in Louisville, Kentucky’s Shelby Park neighborhood were without water, and others were experiencing low water pressure after a massive water main break at the intersection of Clay and Oak streets. More than 20 million gallons of water flooded the neighborhood, covering a three-block area.
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The Karegnondi Water Authority (KWA) pipeline project in Flint, Michigan, was recently named the Midwest “deal of the year,” by a publication covering the municipal bond industry. The award is designed to recognize innovation in finance.
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Owners and engineers now have access to four online tools for designing and specifying ductile iron pipe. The Ductile Iron Pipe Research Association (DIPRA) recently introduced its online calculators to help determine thrust restraint design, hydraulic analysis, thickness design and […]
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Weighing in at nearly 30,000 pounds and with a height of more than 13 feet, AFC’s 60-inch Series 2500 Flex-Ring boltless restrained joint valve is the first and the largest resilient wedge gate valve in the industry without flanged ends.
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