For Immediate Release
Contact: Daniel J. Brennan
Senior Public Relations Consultant
Schubert Communications
(610) 269-2100, ext. 223
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Denman & Davis, Rodney Hunt Team Up to Manufacture Butterfly
Water Valves for Dallas Water Utilities

CLIFTON, N.J. – January 22, 2008 –

Denman & Davis, the Northeast’s largest general line independent steel service center, and Rodney Hunt (Orange, Mass.) announced the completion of a water valve project for the Dallas Water Utilities’ Lake Fork Water Transmission Line. Rodney Hunt is a leading designer and manufacturer of cast and fabricated gates, valves, and actuating equipment for the water industry.

Denman & Davis provided 7 1/2-inch-thick steel plate cut to size and other miscellaneous steel for five electrically actuated butterfly valves. Two of the valves are 14 feet in diameter, and three of the valves are 12 feet in diameter. Rodney Hunt engineered and manufactured the valves, which weigh up to 60 tons each.

The valves will control and equalize water flow between Lake Fork Reservoir and Lake Tawakoni in northeast Texas. More than 30 miles of pipelines will carry water westward connecting with Lake Ray Hubbard, eventually ending at the Eastside water treatment plant in Dallas. Eastside is one of three water treatment plants serving 2.3 million people in the Dallas metropolitan area. The facility treats more than 900 million gallons of water per day.

“This was an extremely complex project with difficult engineering requirements,” said Dave Deinzer, president of Denman and Davis. “We’ve had a long-standing relationship with Rodney Hunt, and we’re proud that they look to us when designing and engineering these kinds of projects.”

About Denman & Davis

Since 1888, Denman & Davis has served the OEM, machine shop, MRO, and construction industries, along with a variety of other markets. Today — with locations in New Jersey, New York, and Rhode Island — Denman & Davis is the Northeast’s largest general-line independent steel service center. 

Denman & Davis’ focus on lower overall project costs, better on-time delivery, and higher quality material processing is reflected in its reputation for stocking a wide array of steel products, for attention to detail, and for Just-In-Time (JIT) delivery methodologies.