--- title: EMD Blog | engineering description: engineering | Valves, actuators, pump control, surge protection, sewer lining, and smart water blog. --- [Skip to content](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/engineering#main-content) [![Environmental MD Inc., a DXP Company](https://www.environmental-md.com/hs-fs/hubfs/CVI-EMD%20Logo%201.png?width=910&height=325&name=CVI-EMD%20Logo%201.png)](https://www.environmental-md.com) - [Home](https://www.environmental-md.com/) - Products Show submenu for Products - [Manufacturers](https://www.environmental-md.com/manufacturers) - [Inventory](https://www.environmental-md.com/inventory) - [Service](https://www.environmental-md.com/service) - Resources Show submenu for Resources - [Drawing Vault](https://www.environmental-md.com/drawing-vault) - [Holding Back the Flood](https://www.environmental-md.com/holding-the-flood-back) - [Pump Monitoring](https://www.environmental-md.com/pump-vibration-and-temperature-monitoring) - [Specifications](https://www.environmental-md.com/specifications) - [Videos](https://www.environmental-md.com/videos) - [Blog](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog) - Info Show submenu for Info - [About](https://www.environmental-md.com/about) - [Connect](https://www.environmental-md.com/connect) - [Quote Request](https://www.environmental-md.com/rfq) - [Training](https://www.environmental-md.com/training) Open main navigation Close main navigation - [Home](https://www.environmental-md.com/) - Products Show submenu for Products - [Manufacturers](https://www.environmental-md.com/manufacturers) - [Inventory](https://www.environmental-md.com/inventory) - [Service](https://www.environmental-md.com/service) - Resources Show submenu for Resources - [Drawing Vault](https://www.environmental-md.com/drawing-vault) - [Holding Back the Flood](https://www.environmental-md.com/holding-the-flood-back) - [Pump Monitoring](https://www.environmental-md.com/pump-vibration-and-temperature-monitoring) - [Specifications](https://www.environmental-md.com/specifications) - [Videos](https://www.environmental-md.com/videos) - [Blog](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog) - Info Show submenu for Info - [About](https://www.environmental-md.com/about) - [Connect](https://www.environmental-md.com/connect) - [Quote Request](https://www.environmental-md.com/rfq) - [Training](https://www.environmental-md.com/training) # Blog [![Large check valves](https://www.environmental-md.com/hubfs/Large%20Check%20Valves.png)](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/the-check-valve-hasnt-changed-in-50-years) [infrastructure](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/infrastructure), [engineering](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/engineering), [hydraulic engineering](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/hydraulic-engineering), [civil engineering](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/civil-engineering), [valve](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/valve) ## [The Check Valve Hasn’t Changed in 50 Years](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/the-check-valve-hasnt-changed-in-50-years) ![Picture of Jacob McGough](https://www.environmental-md.com/hs-fs/hubfs/jake%20image%20-%20color%20and%20white%20back.png?width=50&name=jake%20image%20-%20color%20and%20white%20back.png) [Jacob McGough](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/author/jacob-mcgough) Mar 18, 2026, 8:21:05 AM The System Around It Has. Walk into almost any municipal pump station built in the last half century... [Read more](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/the-check-valve-hasnt-changed-in-50-years) [![Plug valve with worm gear](https://www.environmental-md.com/hubfs/Plug%20Valve%20in%20the%20mud%20v2.png)](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/the-valve-was-fine-the-gearbox-failed-florida) [plug valve](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/plug-valve), [wastewater](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/wastewater), [engineering](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/engineering), [valve](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/valve), [design](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/design), [worm gear](https://www.environmental-md.com/blog/tag/worm-gear) ## [The Valve Was Fine. 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