Northwest Pipe Co. has been named to supply approximately $13 million of welded steel pipe for the Central Brown County Water Authority. The Authority is a six-community consortium of Wisconsin communities whose mission is to provide for the long-term drinking water needs for its members.

Northwest Pipe will supply approximately 118,000 feet of 48-inch diameter steel pipe. The company expects to manufacture the pipe in its Parkersburg, W.Va., division with delivery scheduled to begin in the third quarter of 2005.

The pipe will become part of a water main and distribution system that will link these Green Bay-area communities to a new Lake Michigan water source. The system is expected to be delivering water by December 2006.

Northwest Pipe Co. manufactures welded steel pipe in two business segments. Its Water Transmission Group is a leading supplier of large diameter, high-pressure, steel pipe products used primarily for water transmission in the United States and Canada. Its Tubular Products Group manufactures smaller diameter steel pipe for a wide range of construction, agricultural, industrial and mechanical applications. The company is headquartered in Portland, Ore., and operates eleven manufacturing facilities in the United States and Mexico.