Waterworks

September, 2017

ISCO and Victaulic Team Up For Saltwater Disposal - Field Report

Inside ISCO, you’ll hear the word “solutions” flying around the room quite a bit. That’s because we’re not just about pushing a product, we want to work with our customers to craft a perfect answer to whatever question mark is looming over their project. We’ve developed partnerships that support that mission and expanded our ever-growing library of solutions. In North Dakota, McKenzie Energy Partners, LLC was looking for a long-lasting piping system for a new…

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March, 2017

ISCO Sends Talon 2000 to California! -

For the first time in the world, ISCO sent their new Talon 2000 from McElroy out to a jobsite in northern California. An almond farm losing thousands of trees to the drought that's gripped the area desperately needed a reliable source of water. ISCO worked with Rain for Rent to supply 13,000 feet of 54-inch HDPE for the two and a half mile pipeline. The Talon made the job safer, the fusion work quicker, and the…

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October, 2016

Victory in Utah - Municipal

When you turn on the faucet, do you ever even consider that water might not come out? Think of all the things you need water for throughout the day. Now, extrapolate that into what a business would need for a day. Or an entire industry. If that tap runs dry, the economy would shrivel up. That was a looming reality for several water districts in northeastern Utah. In one district, one tank was down to fewer than…

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May, 2016

Innovation in a Tight Space - Waterworks

It’s a problem we hear fairly often, a job spec’d with steel comes in so far over budget, the cost becomes prohibitive. In some instances, not only is high-density polyethylene (HDPE) a more cost-effective choice, it’s a better quality choice as well. At the Ohio State University Medical Center, a pipeline was planned to connect the facility to a new chilled water plant. Initially, the engineer decided on 36-inch insulated steel. When the estimate came…

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When every drop matters… - Waterworks

Life in Texas means dealing with long stretches of drought sometimes followed by massive storms and flooding. In Wimberley, Texas, recent floods brought one rancher face-to-face with a looming problem. Jim Pierce is a second generation rancher. His property spans about 2,000 acres. In the 1970’s, Jim’s father built a 20 acre lake on the property. A dam was built with a 24-inch polymer-coated, galvanized steel spillway pipe buried inside. About 15-20 years ago, Jim…

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