AMERICAN Valves, Ductile Iron Pipe and Fittings Part of Fast-Track Solution for Emergency Tank Replacement
AMERICAN Valves, Ductile Iron Pipe and Fittings Part of Fast-Track Solution for Emergency Tank Replacement
4 PagesAMERICAN Valves, Ductile Iron Pipe and Fittings Part of Fast-Track Solution for Emergency Tank Replacement Owner: Columbus Water Works, Columbus, Ga. Series 2500 resilient wedge gate valves (54-inch) await installation. Project Summary: A 6-million-gallon raw water tank in Muscogee County collapsed in April 2009, leaving Columbus Water Works (CWW) with a sizeable cleanup job, diminished emergency water reserves and a fast-track rebuild project. The tank had held untreated water from the Chattahoochee River. AMERICAN supplied the gate valves, ductile iron pipe, ?ttings and accessories for the two lines in the tank replacement project. Two 4-million-gallon concrete tanks were built to replace the single steel tank. Plant operations were normalized when the ?rst 4-million-gallon tank went liv
