Case Studies

Scottish Water cuts energy by 60% with Flygt Concertor intelligent pump system

Scottish Water partnered with Xylem to upgrade hundreds of pumping stations with innovative, energy-efficient technology, as part of its commitment to reaching net-zero emissions.
Herford utility: cutting CSOs by around 15% using an advanced prevention system

Inconsistent behavior and utilization of control structures was observed for past rainfall events. The municipality decided that an optimized network control system should be implemented to better utilize existing retention volumes, coordinate them effectively and reduce water pollution.
Xylem bypass system helps facilitate pump station upgrades

Allegheny County Sanitary Authority (ALCOSAN) is a municipal authority that provides wastewater treatment services to 83 communities, including the city of Pittsburgh, reaching a total population of 1.2 million people.
Welsh Water scales up Xylem’s Flygt Concertor for smarter wastewater management

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is scaling up its deployment of Flygt Concertor intelligent pumping systems to improve wastewater network resilience, reduce energy consumption, and support its environmental goals.
State of the art water treatment technology for a forging works in Saxony, Germany

Various cooling towers are operated in the water treatment plant at the forge. Disinfection is carried out using expensive biocides, which are also environmentally problematic for rivers when discharged directly. The company was therefore looking for new, efficient and cost-effective disinfection technology to solve these issues.
Foul odors eliminated using nanobubble technology at a poultry processor

Miller Poultry cut foul lagoon odors and improved water quality using Moleaer's nanobubble technology, solving odor issues and boosting treatment efficiency.
Nanobubbles enable Meister Cheese to increase cheese & biogas production

Meister Cheese improved wastewater treatment and biogas production using Moleaer's nanobubble technology, saving $10M in CAPAX improvements and doubling cheese output.
Maximizing biogas production through effective mixing technology and active seal protection

Learn more about maximizing biogas production through effective mixing technology and active seal protection. Read our case study with our customer Nesemeier now →
Sustainability success for Dairygold: mixers deliver biogas system results that matter

Flygt mixers deliver sustainable success for Dairygold at the heart of the world's largest ADI-BVF® fermenter. Read the case study →
Xylem‘s Bell & Gossett and the Academy for Global Citizenship make a powerful investment in education and community

How could more energy, ideas and creativity be created than what is consumed? That is the broader vision behind AGC’s focus on being the most sustainable school of the Midwest, where everything from the classroom to the cafeteria contributes to a climate-friendly output.
Low-pressure UV system ensures reliable and sustainable service water supply

The Böseler Goldschmaus GmbH & Co. KG site features its own modern wastewater treatment plant (38,500 ECW). To always ensure high water quality, a reliable solution was sought to keep the proportion of microorganisms, viruses, and multi-resistant germs safely below the prescribed limits without the use of chemicals.
New DAF Design Proves Twice As Efficient During Equipment Maintenance

An oil refinery in the US Midwest scheduled repairs to an existing wastewater treatment system. Refinery operations needed a temporary treatment system on site to maintain uptime during the outage.
Utility transforms operations with Xylem’s Sensus advanced metering solutions

Great Lakes Energy Cooperative (GLE), Michigan’s largest member-owned electric co-op, is in the midst of a multi-year effort to modernize its operations. Serving over 130,000 members, the cooperative launched a project to upgrade its aging power line carrier (PLC) based system to the Sensus FlexNet® communication network in late 2022.
Hong Kong: development of digital twin pilot for trunk mains water systems in selected areas of New Territories East Region

This project aims to build and calibrate a hydraulic model for trunk mains water systems in selected areas of New Territories East Region and deploy the model through Idrica’s Real-Time What-If-Scenarios solution (now called Xylem Vue).
Hong Kong: development of digital twins for freshwater network in selected areas of New Territories East (NTE) Region

Idrica, Xylem´s partner, has delivered its GoAigua solution (now called Xylem Vue) to the Hong Kong Water Supplies Department (WSD) as a pilot project. This deployment aims to develop a digital twin solution customized for the existing freshwater network in selected areas of its NTE Region.
Kentucky distillery adds DAF, MBBR for water reuse and wastewater treatment

Xylem sales and engineering teams worked with the distillery to identify wastestreams that could be reused and design a treatment system that would meet the distillery’s flow and water quality requirements.
Splash Lagoon: Improving uptime and efficiency with advanced filtration

Discover how Splash Lagoon, a top 10 U.S. waterpark, improved water clarity and efficiency in its 200,000-gallon wave pool using Xylem’s Defender® filtration system while cutting maintenance, conserving resources, and enhancing guest experience.
How B-TEC is Transforming Spray Gun Cleaning

Leveraging a custom Xylem Flojet G70 pump, B-TEC’s system ensures contamination-free, high-performance spray gun cleaning. The solution boosts reliability, speeds cleaning cycles by 50%, and supports over 20,000 global installations in precision paint environments.
Enhancing Resilience for London’s Silvertown Tunnel, a major piece of transport infrastructure

Discover how Xylem delivered six pumping stations to prevent flooding in London’s new Silvertown Tunnel, ensuring safe, reliable transport for 25,000 vehicles daily.
Sazerac Northwest Ordinance Distilling (NOD) plant upgrades to sustainable anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) system

The cost of hauling wastewater caused Sazerac Distilling to upgrade its wastewater treatment system to a sustainable anaerobic membrane bioreactor (AnMBR) system by Xylem.
Cleaner water, smarter systems, zero disruption

Pro Club in Bellevue, Washington upgraded its pool system in seven days with advanced filtration and UV technology. The project improved water clarity, air quality, and member experience while saving over 520,000 gallons of water and $134,000 annually.
Xylem’s Bell & Gossett assists Massachusetts based child welfare organization in creating a healthier environment

Situated on Winter Island, a 54-acre peninsula located northeast of Salem, Massachusetts, Plummer Youth Promise is a child welfare organization that...
City of Kaufbeuren: increasing energy and resource efficiency through AI-based process control

In the face of climate change and cost and supply uncertainties, cities and municipalities must operate their plants and processes as efficiently and sustainably as possible. In this context, the town of Kaufbeuren recognized significant potential for energy optimization at its wastewater treatment plant.
ARA Pustertal AG: reducing aeration energy consumption by 10% in a WWTP thanks to a digital twin

ARA Pustertal AG operates the Innichen-Sexten wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in the South Tyrol area of Italy. The plant, which has a capacity for 36,000 inhabitants, uses a conventional activated sludge process, with pre-denitrification and biological phosphorus removal.