HDPE Plays Key Role in Reflecting Pool Renovation

Washington D.C. is home to some of the United States’ most prized and revered memorials. To the nearly 24 million people who visited the mall in 2011, the Reflecting Pool was more science project than a scenic and iconic tourist stop. Several key improvements were needed to keep the largest and most famous reflecting pool in the capital sustainable for years to come. The pool, originally constructed in the early 1920s, has been relatively untouched …

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Leading Community Putting in Smart Water Infrastructure

At the heart of Silicon Valley is Palo Alto, California — a community that is home to entrepreneurial companies and forward-thinking minds. Take a short drive and chances are you’ll happen upon Stanford University, Google, Apple, Hewlett-Packard and other iconic institutions of invention, progress and ingenuity. While Palo Alto has plenty of commercial appeal for residents, its best asset might be a city utility engineering department insistent on putting the best infrastructure systems in the …

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McElroy Introduces Rolling 28 Hand-Pump Fusion Machine

TULSA, Okla. — McElroy’s new Rolling 28 Hand-Pump (HP) fusion machine combines the versatility and convenience of a rolled chassis with a hand-pump fusion carriage for fusing 2-inch IPS through 8-inch DIPS high-density polyethylene (HDPE) pipe sizes (63mm through 225mm). The Rolling 28 HP features a double-action hand pump that works in unison with high-velocity cylinders to create fast carriage speeds for quick opens and closes during fusion processes. The new machine comes standard with …

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