The
United Association is working with the Department of the Interior/Indian
Affairs to address the construction industry’s current skilled worker shortage
― especially in the field of welding …
In Terrebonne Parish, if too many people start using the
system with an estimated 20% of the sewer services down, sewage could back up
into peoples’ houses or streets ...
Recent requests from the plumbing industry has prompted NSF International
to expand services for polyvinyl chloride (PVC) water main piping products ...
In a first for Canada,
Terasen Gas of British Columbia will purify “biogas” from human waste at the
Lions Gate sewage treatment plant, pumping the product out to its gas utility
customers ...
Two Pennsylvania Amish men have been
convicted of illegally dumping sewage from outhouses at the Amish sect’s
schoolhouse and not having a permitted sewage disposal system ...
Spears Mfg. Co. acquired the assets of Coastline Plastics
LLC, an affiliate of Victaulic Co. Coastline manufactures CPVC pipe for fire
protection, plumbing and industrial market applications ...
Six
U.S. pipe manufacturers commended the U.S. International Trade Commission for
last week's decision to impose hefty countervailing duties (CVD) on Chinese
exports of standard and structural steel pipe ...
Health officials are
warning residents that the floodwaters affecting much of the Midwest could
contain toxins from sewage, farm chemicals, refuse and dead animals …
A
year-long study from the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department of
Virginia Tech suggests that PVC may create an environment for lead
contamination ...
LeRoy Lippert, chairman of Des Moines County emergency management
and homeland security, warned people to avoid the floodwaters: "If you
drink this water and live, tell me about it. You have no idea. It is very, very
wise to stay out of it. It's as dangerous as anything" …
The
U.S. International Trade Commission voted recently to expedite its five-year
(“sunset”) review concerning the antidumping duty order on imports of
non-malleable cast-iron pipe fittings from China …
When
it comes to solar these days, it’s go big or go home. Utilities are
being pushed to use more renewable energy, heating up the business of
large-scale solar power …
The company received
orders from Westinghouse Electric Co. to provide four generation II reactor
coolant pumps and pump seals supporting the completion of Unit 2 of the Tennessee
Valley Authority Watts Bar nuclear power plant ...
The Wall
Street Journal reported that Southern Co.’s Hatch nuclear power plant
in Georgia turned up a couple of fake water valves accompanied by paperwork
indicating they supposedly were made by “Ladish Co. of Houston, TX” …
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