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American Valve And Hydrant Celebrates 50 Years With American
3/26/2019
The year 1969 was historic in many ways. Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the moon. Woodstock attracted more than 400,000 rock ‘n’ roll fans.
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NACE Corrosion Conference To Reveal New Data For Ductile Iron Pipe
2/18/2019
Maury D. Gaston, manager of Marketing Services for AMERICAN Ductile Iron Pipe and chairman of the Alabama Iron and Steel Council, will present at the 2019 NACE Corrosion Conference on Metallized Arc-Sprayed Zinc Coated Ductile Iron Pipe. His presentation will be held on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at 11:30 a.m. in Room 202 A-C.
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New AMERICAN Flow Control IP16 Indicator Post Is User Friendly And Saves Customers Time And Money
11/12/2018
Earlier this year, AMERICAN Flow Control introduced its new IP16 indicator post with key features designed to save customers and installers time and money.
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Have A Question Related To Valves Or Hydrants? Ask An Expert
2/2/2018
Did you know AMERICAN Flow Control’s industry experts are ready and waiting to field your technical questions? For example, what are the advantages of using AMERICAN’s Series 2500 with ALPHA restrained joint ends versus a valve with mechanical joint ends? Why do so many utilities prefer gate valves over butterfly valves? For owners, engineers and contractors, these and even more complex valve- and hydrant-related questions come up every day, but now answers can be found with a single email to an AMERICAN Flow Control expert.
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Three More South Dakota Cities With 'The Need For Speed' Choose ALPHA Joint
11/16/2017
Three more cities in South Dakota – Rapid City, Sisseton and Watertown – are now using the AMERICAN Flow Control resilient wedge gate valves and fire hydrants with ALPHA restrained joint ends. The ALPHA joint restraint can quickly be installed by one person and uses only one single stainless steel bolt, saving time, labor and money.
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AMERICAN Celebrates The Values Of Water For ‘Imagine A Day Without Water’
10/12/2017
How did you use water today? To brush your teeth? To take a shower? To make your morning cup of coffee? We just turn on the tap, and there it is. But, it’s not that simple. Water is delivered to us in a network of pipelines that was installed decades ago, and these pipelines are nearing the end of their service life.
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For Pierre, South Dakota, ALPHA's Single-Bolt Install Is the 'Way to Go'
8/3/2017
Add Pierre, South Dakota, to the rapidly growing list of early adopters of AMERICAN Flow Control’s valves and hydrants with ALPHA restrained joint ends. Introduced last year, ALPHA saves labor, time and money.
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Earthquake Resistant Ductile Iron Pipe, Valve, And Hydrant System
5/22/2017
Recently, ASCE released its Infrastructure Report Card, giving the nation’s drinking water infrastructure a D: in poor to fair condition and mostly below standard. Many water utilities and communities are doing the hard but necessary thing in finding the resources to upgrade their aging water infrastructure. And, for those in earthquake prone areas, hopefully considering an earthquake resistant system.
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AMERICAN’s Earthquake Joint System Passes The Test
5/16/2017
AMERICAN’s Earthquake Joint System, introduced in 2015, has been put to the test and shown to withstand ground ruptures in excess of those experienced during some of the world’s most catastrophic earthquakes.
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From Four Hours To 45 Minutes: Las Vegas Valley Water District Saves Time And Money With ALPHA
5/4/2017
Las Vegas Valley Water District (LVVWD), which serves more than one million customers in southern Nevada, completed its first pilot installation of the AMERICAN Flow Control Series 2500 Resilient Wedge Gate Valve with ALPHA restrained joint ends in April 2017. LVVWD Engineer Kenya Henderson said, “We were impressed with how quick and easy it was to install the gate valve with ALPHA ends.”