Mueller teases hydrant retrofit kits at AWWA ACE25

Mueller's hydrant retrofit kit allows easy replacement of parts without excavation, offering a 10-year warranty and the option to add leak detection capabilities.
June 12, 2025

Mueller's hydrant retrofit kit allows for water utilities to upgrade their fire hydrants with the latest technology without digging a hole.

The cost to replace water assets such as fire hydrants can often be a barrier, which Mueller is aiming to eliminate with this kit. The retrofit kit allows utilities to replace bonnets, pumper caps, stem pins and the lower stem and more without the need to excavate.

In replacing these parts, Mueller offers a 10-year limited warranty, along with the ability to upgrade the hydrant with leak detection capabilities from its Echologics line of products. 

Mueller, which is celebrating 50 years of manufacturing at its Albertville, Alabama plant, did not share a firm date on the release of the hydrant retrofit kit. Visit the Mueller website to learn more and become the first to know about the launch.

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Bob Crossen

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Bob Crossen is the editorial director for WaterWorld Magazine, Wastewater Digest, Stormwater Solutions, and Water Quality Products, which compose the Endeavor Business Media Water Group. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He has worked in business-to-business journalism covering the drinking water, wastewater, stormwater and point-of-use/point-of-entry markets since April or 2016. Crossen can be reached at [email protected] or 847.954.7980.

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