Municipal Articles

Understanding Torque for Quarter-Turn Valves

Quarter-Turn Valves

Valve manufacturers publish torques for their products so that actuation and mounting hardware....

Why Check Valves Slam

Check Valves

Check valves are important in water and wastewater pumping systems: They automatically open to allow forward flow and...

Engineered Quality

Valve Industry

In 2016, Val-Matic Corp. celebrated fifty successful years. As a respected, service-oriented, ...

Goodbye Headloss, Hello Savings

Ener•G® Ball Valve

The East Cherry Creek Valley Water and Sanitation District (ECCV) located in...

Easy Being Green

Ener•G® Ball Valve

Built in 1911, the Roseland Pumping Station is located on the south side of Chicago...

"A Methodology for Predicting Check Valve Slam"

Check Valves

Although check valve slam is a common problem associated with check valves...

Inflow Prevention

FloodSafe®

Prior to cross connection and security issues, valve vaults were simply part of...

A Reference Manual on Elastomers

Elastomers

The history and general application of elastomers in pipes, valves and fittings is the subject of the recently published....

Climate Change

Valve Industry

The world may not agree on all the causes of climate change, but most people realize our actions ...

Crossness Upgrade

Cam-Centric® Plug Valve

The US valve manufacturer Val-Matic has entered the UK market on a major project for...

Salt Creek Coating Test

Wastewater Air Valves

Located within a half mile of two water and wastewater treatment facilities....

Clog Steels Pipeline Efficiency

Surgebuster® Check Valve

AK Steel Corp., a steel mill in Ashland, Kentucky, was having a reoccurring problem...

All's Well That Ends Well

Surgebuster® Check Valve

The City of Fresno Water Department in California was experiencing valve slam...

Silent Treatment

Swing-Flex® Check Valve

Michael Goltz, superintendent of the Mt. Horeb, Wis., Wastewater Treatment Plant, had a problem...

Savings Through Serviceability

Butterfly Valves

The City of Elgin began serving its residents as a community water supplier in the late 1880’s using the Fox River as the source of drinking water...

Technology and Pump Control Valves

Pump Control Valves

Technological advances related to pump control valves also help pumping system performance and energy savings ...

Wastewater Treatment

Wastewater Valves

Society’s desire for a clean environment shines light on the importance of understanding...

Ener•G® = Cost Savings

Ener•G® Ball Valve

Located in northwestern Ohio, the City of Findlay is the epicenter of Hancock County...

Test Drive a Check Valve

Check Valves

Selecting a check valve is similar to buying a new car. There are many types of...

Mission Possible

Cam-Centric® Plug Valves

Your system is running like clockwork. The pressure and flow are normal and everything...

Texas Slam Dance!

Surgebuster® Check Valves

System operators have their work cut out for them when their pumping applications...

Air Error

Air Release, Air Vacuum and Combination Air Valves

It was late on Friday, almost 4:30, when I got the call with Miller Time on my mind...

Big Slam

Tilted Disc® Check Valve and Combination Air Valve

I let the phone ring four times before I picked up the receiver so I could have another sip...

Boiling Filters

Air Release, Combination, Well Service Air Valves and Dual Port Throttling Device

I knew I was in trouble when I saw area code '518' on my pager. It could only mean...

KISS

Tilted Disc® Check Valve

It was a bright morning, and being the semi-retired, free-lance engineer that I am...

Big Bubble

Air release air valve

It’s not often that you run into a valve problem on the 17th hole of the Blue Monster...

Plugged Plug

Cam-Centric® Plug Valve

Samantha and I were rounding the curve on I-285 doing about 75 when I heard...

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