NCPI History

August 1, 2021

NCPI begins a research partnership with The Ohio State University Research Foundation (Ohio State) with research into the Improvement of Clay Pipe and Pipe Joints, Behavior of Sewer Pipe Under Load, Rotary Drying & Firing and Small Pipe Die Desig...

August 1, 2021

Pearl Harbor

August 1, 2021

Regional organizations coalesce to form the National Clay Pipe Institute

August 1, 2021

Organizations around the country represent clay pipe manufacturers regionally

August 1, 2021

Metcalf & Eddy publish American Sewerage Practice – 99.3% of the population in cities of 100,000 or more use dilution as the only “treatment” of sewage.  The remaining 0.7% of the population uses irrigation.

August 1, 2021

The Great Depression

August 1, 2021

ASTM accepts the recommendations as a tentative specification designated C12.

August 1, 2021

Anson Marston joins Committee C04 on Clay Pipe and leads the development of the first C04 document (Memoranda of Recommendations for the Laying of Sewer Pipe). 

August 1, 2021

Wright Brothers first flight

June 21, 2021

ASTM Committee L was formed and eventually renamed Committee C04 on Clay Pipe. First hydro-mechanical sewer cleaning tool was introduced.