[Water News] DJ Gongol & Associates Water News

[Brian Gongol]

Thanks for reading this week's edition of our weekly water news report. 
Please feel free to forward this news to a colleague.

------------------------------------------------------
Highlights from the past week
------------------------------------------------------

What should people do when wildfires approach? Some will always 
evacuate, but others want to stay and fight. Should they?
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/08/02/

Nebraska's biggest lake, 12 months ago at serious risk of drying up, is 
almost at full capacity again:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/08/03/

Downpour in Des Moines collapses a storm sewer:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/08/04/

A forecasted flood that never materialized has left an Iowa town with a 
surplus of sandbags. There's a better way:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/08/05/

Iowa towns can get money for disaster aid that they can use to mitigate 
flooding:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2010/08/06/


------------------------------------------------------
Featured product: Flap gates
------------------------------------------------------

Among the few items of water-related equipment that almost everyone has 
seen is the simple flap gate -- usually in quiet service discharging 
stormwater into a lake, river, or stream, or releasing treated 
wastewater back into the natural environment after it's been processed 
through a municipal wastewater-treatment facility.

But all flap gates are not created equal: While cast iron has been the 
predominant material used for many years, it's being eclipsed by 
stainless steel and aluminum, and for good reason.

Cast iron is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain from reliable 
domestic producers, particularly as demand for cast iron increases in 
China and elsewhere. Some manufacturers have tried substituting cast 
iron from international sources, only to find that they're receiving a 
much lower-quality product than they expected. The problem of doctored 
cast iron coming into the United States from overseas has been rearing 
its ugly head lately.

But while cast iron has been having troubles, stainless steel and 
aluminum have been on a hot streak. Both materials can be fabricated in 
ways that allow them to be stronger and lighter than cast iron. Cast 
iron takes its strength from sheer mass; stainless steel and aluminum, 
by contrast, take their strength from structural design, delivering a 
stronger gate with less metal.

That makes fabricated flap gates easier to mount and install than 
comparable cast iron gates, among other advantages. And the difference 
between a stainless steel gate and a cast iron gate in terms of 
reliability and corrosion resistance is significant.

If you'd like to know more, please visit 
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/gates/flap or call us at 515-223-4144 and 
ask for details.


------------------------------------------------------
Your comments are welcomed
------------------------------------------------------

If you have any comments to share with us about this newsletter, or if 
you have questions about any of our products, please visit 
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/contact/ and let us know. Thanks for reading.


------------------------------------------------------
Sign up
------------------------------------------------------

If you were forwarded this newsletter, sign up to receive it 
automatically at http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/subscribe/weeklywaternews/


------------------------------------------------------
About
------------------------------------------------------

This newsletter is issued weekly by DJ Gongol & Associates, Inc., 4801 
Pommel Place, West Des Moines, Iowa 50265-2938. It is sent by voluntary 
subscription only.