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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.”
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Growth Boom In Cumberland: AMERICAN Pipe, Valves Installed In Cobb County’s Biggest Pipeline Upgrade In Decades
5/4/2017
Cobb County, Georgia’s Cumberland area has changed dramatically over the last 30 years. What used to be a predominantly suburban office market is now a community with desirable housing, abundant entertainment, a booming business climate and the new home to the Atlanta Braves.
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Phase I Of Louisville Water Company Project Nears Completion With Successful Install Of AMERICAN Spiral-Welded Steel Pipe
4/11/2017
Louisville Water Company, the utility for Louisville, Kentucky, has announced that Phase I of the Eastern Parkway Project to install 2.2 miles of 42-inch AMERICAN spiral-welded steel pipe is nearing completion.
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Making It Work: 174 Hydrants And 280 Valves Installed In 120 Days
3/16/2017
A timeline of 120 days. Construction in the middle of winter, when temperatures were frigid and snow covered the ground. Despite these challenges, Elite Excavating Company of Ohio, Inc., was able to install 174 AMERICAN Flow Control American-Darling MK 73 fire hydrants and 280 resilient wedge gate valves in sizes 6 to 18 inches in three months.
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AMERICAN Pipelines Serve New Water Treatment Facility In Alabama
1/24/2017
Established in 1823, Huntsville Waterworks was the first municipal water system in Alabama. At the time, the population in the area was only about 1,300 people. Fast forward almost 200 years. The population of the city of Huntsville is now estimated at more than 190,000, and it has been the fastest growing major city in Alabama the past 15 years.