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1. AMERICAN Makes The Cut To Share In $6 Billion In Federal Funding For Decarbonization Projects 3/25/2024

   AMERICAN Cast Iron Pipe Company’s “Right Way” Next Generation Melt Project is one of 33 selected for award negotiation by the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations (OCED).

2. Specification Rubber Expands Its Operations In Shelby County 2/15/2024

   Specification Rubber Products in Alabaster, Alabama, is expanding its operations in Shelby County with the purchase of a 120,000 square-foot warehouse that sits on more than 16 acres in Pelham.

3. The Iron Bowl And Your Water Pipe – Neither Ever Disappoints 11/28/2023

   The primary reason the Iron Bowl is so appropriately named is that it’s a tough game, played by tough men, fighting with toughness and resilience for their teams and universities, and their fans care perhaps even more. Tough, hard-hitting, durable, resilient. All describe both the players in the Iron Bowl and the performance of ductile iron pipe.

4. Which Gate Valve Is Best For Today's Waterworks Systems? 10/24/2023

   Outdated specifications can sometimes lead to confusion regarding which gate valve should be used. Understanding how the standards have evolved and why can help utilities understand the source of this confusion. 

5. Are Bypasses Needed With Today's Waterworks Gate Valves? New Information Says They're Not. 4/14/2023

   Up until recently, there was no empirical data to support the position that bypasses, for the routine operation of resilient wedge gate valves, are not needed. 

6. AFC SEMPER® Remote Pressure Monitors Provide Real-Time Insight To Miami Beach Water 5/11/2022

   Over the past year, the Water Division of the city of Miami Beach, Florida, has seen its use of AMERICAN Flow Control SEMPER Remote Pressure Monitors (RPM) grow. 

7. Lakes Powell And Mead Don't Have To Dry Up 3/28/2022

   First, it was Lake Mead, behind Hoover Dam. Now it's Lake Powell, upstream of Mead and behind Glen Canyon Dam. The water supplies supported by these feats of engineering are dwindling. There are many reasons, but it's not necessary.

8. AMERICAN SpiralWeld Pipe Makes An Appearance In NYC… Again 3/9/2022

   When you think of a place that is highly dependent on infrastructure, New York City immediately comes to mind. Bridges, subways and streets are the most obvious, but NYC is also very dependent on underground infrastructure such as water mains and other buried structural pipe materials. Large-diameter water tunnels hewn through deep rock are legendary in engineering lore as a foundation of New York City’s infrastructure.

9. AFC SEMPER® RPM Aids Louisiana Water Utility After Hurricane Ida Strikes 3/7/2022

   The Lafourche Parish Water District used the AMERICAN Flow Control SEMPER Remote Pressure Monitor (RPM) to understand what was happening to their water system before Hurricane Ida made landfall.

10. Opflow Features American Flow Control Article On The Use Of Bypasses On Resilient Wedge Gate Valves 2/23/2022

    AMERICAN Flow Control recently published an article in the American Water Works Association’s January/February 2022 issue of Opflow on the use of bypasses on resilient wedge gave valves.