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Powering recovery: How diesel and electric dewatering pumps restored clean water after a fire
When a fire shut down a major water treatment plant in Chatham-Kent, Ontario, the local water utility urgently needed support to maintain service for 8,500 residents. Xylem responded immediately, deploying a Godwin diesel-driven dewatering pump to restore water access. Once the situation stabilized, the utility upgraded to a more efficient electric pump, keeping the community’s water flowing.
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Rental bypass for aeration tank delivers reliable, guaranteed performance during upgrade
A wastewater treatment plant in France used a customized bypass solution from Xylem to efficiently reroute 10,000 cubic meters of water per hour.
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Richmond utility uses real-time analytics for plan to reduce combined sewer overflows
The city used a decision support system from Xylem to identify infrastructure projects that could reduce CS0s by 180 million gallons and save costs.
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Ripple Effect: Building a smart water system on Catalonia's coast
How a water utility in Spain is using digital twins and AI to prevent pipeline breaks, anticipate risks, and optimize water management.
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Ripple Effect: How digital transformation is solving water in Asia
Xylem’s President of China and Asia, Shuping Lu, discusses digital trends across the region and how collaboration is fueling digital transformation.
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Ripple Effect: Unlocking the value of digital is all about smart planning
For water utilities, “going digital” is not an outcome, it’s a way to solve problems. Peter Verlaan, director of a water utility, explains his approach.
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Securing water’s future: Xylem signs CISA’s Secure by Design Pledge
As the water sector embraces digital technologies to improve resilience and efficiency, cybersecurity has become mission critical. Every connected device and cloud-based solution strengthens water management but also expands the attack surface for potential cyber threats.
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SIWW 2024: Xylem CEO Matthew Pine on transitioning to a water-secure world
At Singapore International Water Week, Matthew Pine discussed escalating global water challenges and the proven technologies available to solve them.
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Treatment plant maintains service during infrastructure upgrade using Xylem rental bypass
To move forward with long overdue infrastructure upgrades, Nodra AB needed a wastewater bypass solution capable of lifting up to 3,000 liters per second into its Slottshagens treatment plant. Xylem’s Rental Solutions team set up a turnkey wastewater bypass station in a little over three weeks. Through dedicated service personnel and remote, digital monitoring and control, Xylem provided 24/7 operational support throughout the 10-week bypass.
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Turning pressure into progress: three examples of water security in action
How utilities and industries are strengthening water security through water reuse, resilient infrastructure, and smart water technologies. -
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Why future water leaders matter more than ever
Water utilities face growing workforce challenges as experienced operators retire and digital technologies reshape operations. Learn why investing in future water leaders is critical to resilience, modernization and long-term water security. -
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Xylem at WEFTEC 2024: Partnering with utilities to address water challenges
Learn how one New York water utility uses Xylem Vue to integrate data and optimize its wastewater management systems.
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Yorkshire Water deploys the largest CoMag system in the world to protect UK rivers
As phosphorus limits tighten across the UK, wastewater utilities are turning to proven, scalable treatment solutions to protect water quality and plan for growth. At its Knostrop Wastewater Treatment Works, Yorkshire Water adopted Xylem’s innovative CoMag™ ballasted clarification technology to meet stricter discharge requirements while increasing treatment capacity and improving operational efficiency.
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Yorkshire Water eradicates wastewater pump blockages with intelligent pumping system
The Flygt Concertor N pump, deployed at over 150 pump stations, has decreased reactive callouts by 51% and contributed to a 29% reduction in energy use.
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Xylem’s Wedeco OptiDetect safeguards Cambridge Water systems
In order to further protect its customers’ drinking water and comply with the latest WIMES and DWI disinfection regulations, Cambridge Water needed to differentiate between the alarms for “quartz sleeve failure” and “UV lamp failure” at its Hinxton Grange facility, thereby allowing operators to take decisive and immediate action in the event of a problem.
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Meter Asset Management
Xylem Vue's Meter Asset Management application enables water network operators to optimize meter replacement planning.
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Meter Data Analytics
Xylem Vue’s Meter Data Analytics application optimizes the full potential of utility AMI investments.
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Xylem’s pumps and expertise support UAE after unprecedented rainwater flooding
Local authorities in Dubai were able to quickly manage unprecedented rainwater flooding in mid-January 2020 with support from Xylem. Seven advanced Godwin...
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Webinar: Preparing your business and operations for hurricanes
With record-breaking hurricanes hitting the US, it’s more important than ever that your business and operations are ready for extreme weather. Watch our...
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Xylem at Bauma 2019: New solutions and women’s networking event
At Bauma 2019, a leading trade fair for the construction and mining industries, Xylem will showcase its most resilient and innovative pumping solutions yet....
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What does Xylem do?
Xylem solves water in a variety of markets and provides a wide array of applications spanning the cycle of water. From transport to treatment to test, Xylem...
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Emergency response saves city’s water supply
Last year disaster struck the Canadian city of Lac-Mégantic when a train carrying light crude oil derailed in the town center. The resulting explosion and fire...
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Pipeline inspection time cut from five months to a single day
A solution from Xylem’s Pure Technologies brand recently completed a 44-mile (77 km) water pipeline inspection in a single day. The inspection usually took at...
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Across the water cycle, across the globe: Xylem customers solving water
Around the world, utilities and companies are facing complex water challenges, from ensuring safe drinking water to treating industrial wastewater. Growing...