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 has served 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, the KY/TN Section Management Committee, and the Water/Wastewater and Legislative Committees of DBIA. 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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The Challenge of COVID-19 to the Water Utility Manager — Past, Present, and Future

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 04/28/2021 In Environmental & Safety

During the decades in which I have managed large and small water utilities throughout the country, I have experienced several challenging scenarios. Whether it was a major oil spill in the river that provided our raw water supply, a winter with sub-zero temperatures and no snow cover where small water mains were frozen solid in the ground, or the total transitioning from a groundwater source to a surface water source with all the different treatment methodology involved, I had never considered the terminology “the new normal.”

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Why Consider A Domestic Only Ductile Iron Pipe Specification?

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 01/15/2021 In Environmental & Safety Products Services

Over the years, products manufactured in our country have enhanced our quality of life, and how the products are manufactured makes a difference. U.S. Ductile iron pipe (DI pipe) manufacturers follow stringent guidelines in the manufacture of their products. In this Iron Strong Blog, we will discuss why to consider a domestic only Ductile iron pipe specification.

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Do You Have an Iron Deficiency? Considering Health Effects in Pipe Material Selection

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 08/13/2020 In Environmental & Safety Products

We in the United States are most fortunate, for the most part, to have access to safe, clean drinking water. Even when traveling, we are not hesitant to draw water from a hotel faucet to brush our teeth or even fill a glass to drink. This privilege is no accident.

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What Services Does McWane Ductile Offer That Can Enhance Your Bottom-Line?

By Roy Mundy, P.E., ENV SP, Assoc. DBIA 07/30/2020 In Our Company Services

Why is your bottom-line important to us? For more than three decades, I had the privilege to serve within the nation's largest investor-owned water utility. During that time, I clearly saw the advantage of a financially sound utility. Whether it be having the resources to invest in needed facilities, provide a work environment that would attract well-qualified people, or purchase needed supplies and equipment to operate the business effectively. These are just a few advantages of maintaining a strong bottom-line.

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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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