[Water News] DJ Gongol & Associates Water News - February 4, 2011

[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.

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Highlights from the past week
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Southwest Iowa will get timely flood protection, thanks to a rush order 
delivered by Golden Harvest:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2011/01/28/

Essential knowledge in a deep freeze: How to shut off the water to your 
house
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2011/02/02/

Why we think most pumps deserve a good, warm enclosure for a home:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2011/02/03/

How to remove the coverplate and wearplate from a Gorman-Rupp Super T 
Series pump:
http://www.pumpstoreusa.com/newsletter/2011/02/04/

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Featured product: Expansion joints
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Hard metal pipes aren't particularly forgiving of things like 
mis-alignment or the vibrations caused by the abrupt starting or 
stopping of equipment like pumps. Nor do those pipes like to give way 
when walls, floors, and foundations settle and try to take things out of 
alignment.

This lack of "give" can often be accommodated and even overcome by the 
use of expansion joints, which are rubberized connection pieces. 
Expansion joints commonly help isolate piping from the rattling and 
vibrations that can occur when pumps start up and shut down. They can 
also be used on dry-product applications when the products have some 
fluid properties.

The use of rubber in a select few locations within a hard-piped system 
can offer the flexible properties needed to keep rigid pieces from 
breaking, without sacrificing the durability offered generally through 
the use of metals.

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

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