Water and wastewater utilities replace valves during plant upgrades, main replacements and pump station rehabilitations. The material is usually cast or ductile iron, often large, and almost always sound enough to reuse.
Contractors holding leftover material after a capital project are another strong source, particularly when a project closes out and the surplus has to leave the yard.
Valve mix
What turns up in water and wastewater
The workhorse of every plant and terminal. Gate valves are the most common surplus item in a…
Read → Valve type Butterfly ValvesLight, cheap to replace, and produced in enormous numbers. Butterfly valves fill plant store…
Read → Valve type Eccentric Plug ValvesThe wastewater industry's throttling valve. Eccentric plugs are long-lived, rebuildable and …
Read → Valve type Check ValvesNon-return valves are bought by the dozen and replaced by the dozen. They are small, heavy, …
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Selling into this sector
What to expect
Equipment from this sector usually arrives with a mix of documentation: some items tagged and recorded, some with nothing at all. Send what exists. A partial record is worth more than a claim that records exist.
Mixed lots are normal. We do not ask you to separate the documented items from the rest before sending a list.
Questions sellers ask
Do you buy municipal valves?
Yes, from utilities and from contractors holding material after a project.
Are buried-service valves acceptable?
Yes, if the bodies and flanges are sound.
What sizes are typical?
Four inch to thirty-six inch, with the larger sizes carrying most of the value.