Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA

Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA, currently serves as Senior Regional Engineer for McWane Ductile, assisting utilities and engineering firms with value engineering of pipeline projects, education in pipeline material selection, and providing assistance with specification development and updating.

Roy has a BS in Civil Engineering from West Virginia Institute of Technology; MS in Engineering Management West Virginia University College of Graduate Studies; and is a Registered Professional Engineer in six states; ENVISION Sustainability Professional.

Prior to McWane Ductile, Roy served as Lead Executive with the American Water System, retiring as President/CEO of Kentucky-American Water Co.

Roy currently serves as Section Chair and is on several national committees of AWWA, Board of Directors and national committees of NAWC, Chair of ORSANCO, member of Kentucky Infrastructure Authority. He is currently serving on AWWA – Business Practices Standards Committee and KY/TN Section Management Committee.

Roy is a member of AWWA, NSPE, KSPE, ASCE, DBIA, and KYRWA.

"I joined McWane Ductile 5 years ago after spending most of my career in the water industry in the private water utility sector," said Mundy. "I enjoy the opportunity to work with engineering firms and utilities in assisting with value engineering projects and providing education on aspects of our products. I enjoy restoring classic cars, but foremost enjoy time with my family traveling and working around our small farm in Kentucky."

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Considering Resiliency When Choosing Pipe Materials

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 07/01/2020 In Environmental & Safety Installation

In this third installment about Sustainability and Resiliency for our Iron Strong Blog, we are focusing on the resiliency of pipe and pipelines as a result of natural disasters such as storms, floods, and wildfires. While earthquakes and seismic events also need to be considered, much has been written on those aspects and we will discuss them in our next installment. Resiliency means many different things to many different people, and its definition is often a matter of perspective and need. Put simply, resiliency is the ability to survive, resist, or recover from damage due to some external hazard.

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Should A Water Utility Manager Let System Infrastructure Dictate Water Treatment Methodology?

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 05/22/2020 In Environmental & Safety

Providing safe, clean water to customers of a water utility is unquestionably JOB ONE. Meeting this goal has always been a formidable challenge in many ways. Source water quality can change dramatically due to weather factors and other phenomena. Additionally, increasing drinking water standards throughout the years evidencing higher detection technology and more sophisticated medical research regarding the health effects of contaminants has required water systems in some cases to change treatment methodologies dramatically.
Should the pipeline material placed in a drinking water system in any way limit decisions of today or in the future regarding the water treatment methodology chosen to best provide safe, clean water to customers? I THINK NOT!

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Unaccounted for Water - The Phantom of the Forgotten City

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 04/16/2020 In Environmental & Safety Technical

I have given several presentations wherein I have identified the distribution system of a water utility as The Forgotten City: Out of Sight, Out of Mind. Although the most significant capital investment for a water system is its pipeline infrastructure, many times, it gets less attention than other components such as pumps, motors, plant structures, pump stations, and even fire hydrants, all of which are visible to the eye. One mysterious component to some water utilities is Unaccounted for Water. Some say that, like death and taxes, Unaccounted for Water will always be present, with the only issue being the degree to which it pervades.

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Buried No Longer - Confronting America’s Water Infrastructure Challenge

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 03/25/2020 In Installation Technical

The American Water Works Association (AWWA) is the premier trade association representing the drinking water industry in the United States. Through its network of paid professionals and volunteers throughout the country, AWWA has provided the drinking water industry with standards for water system operations as well as valuable research on countless subjects for many decades.

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Ductile Iron Pipe - Fact or Fiction?

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 01/18/2020 In Products Technical

McWane Ductile is committed to offering educational resources based upon sound engineering data to our clients and potential clients. One of these resources includes banners that display certain information about our product.
While attending a recent conference, we were challenged on the information these banners contained. In fact, one unknown individual walked by the booth and shouted, “Lies... that information is lies!” without the courtesy of stopping to discuss why he felt that way or what exactly was his objection.

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Water and Wastewater Design-Build Initiatives

By Jeff Henderson Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 09/27/2019 In Our Company Services

McWane Ductile has assembled a team of professionals to assist our clients and the industry in formulating quality and cost-effective projects to serve customers with their water and wastewater needs.
This team consists of Registered Professional Engineers, National Association of Corrosion Engineers (NACE) Certified Technicians and ENVISION Sustainability Professionals with experience in managing utility operations, working in the consulting engineering industry, actual manufacturing experience in the pipe industry and decades of field exposure while providing resources and assistance with successful project completion.

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Why Use Ductile Iron Pipe? An Interview With Bill Dunnill, GM, Consolidated Utility District

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 05/03/2019 In Products Technical

Even in this modern era, we are still concerned with many of the issues that early civilizations faced when providing water to our communities, such as supply and demand, pipeline construction and upkeep, cleanliness, conservation and cost. In the fall of 2018, McWane Ductile’s Senior Regional Engineer, Roy Mundy, had the opportunity to interview Consolidated Utility District General Manager Bill Dunnill. The two gentlemen, both with utility management experience, had a candid conversation about Bill’s day-to-day challenges, successes and his preferred choice of pipeline material. The following are excerpts from their discussion.

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Using The Preliminary Engineering Report (PER) In Funding Requests

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 04/30/2019 In Technical

Today there are several funding methods and sources for water and wastewater projects, not only in the United States but throughout the world. Most, if not all, require some sort of report or project summary. You may have seen these with such names as Conceptual Design or Engineering Report, Facilities Needs Assessment, Preliminary Design Report, Preliminary Engineering Report. Different agencies and different countries have different names for these respective documents, but most are like each other in scope and requirements.

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Why Should I Use Ductile Iron Pipe? Four Key Considerations

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 02/28/2019 In Environmental & Safety Installation Technical

“Why should I use ductile iron pipe?”
The question is ostensibly meant to include “instead of other types of piping material.” Well, the reasons are vast and varies depending on project requirements. Since we aren’t talking about a specific project, we’ll look at the general overriding reasons ductile iron pipe is the best choice for your piping projects.

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8 Reasons to Choose McWane Ductile For Your Ductile Pipe Needs

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 06/01/2018 In Our Company

Having managed water and wastewater systems for most of my career, I have engaged with interest in the operations of specific water systems. Many times, those conversations have lead into areas beyond the engineering criteria for daily operations and into areas such as customer satisfaction. The great majority of these systems meet all required regulatory quality standards each day. Then why do customers become dissatisfied with the utility? One notable answer: SERVICE.

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