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Process control features to optimize energy efficiency and process stability
Before online instrumentation, process adjustments to biological activated sludge processes were made based on delayed results from laboratory testing. The introduction of online instrumentation to the process tanks improved the response time and allowed operations staff to make process adjustments based on real-time data.
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Propel Swim Academy Combines RMF and UV for Superior Water Quality
Propel Swim Academy is a three pool, 12,000 ft² facility located in South Riding, Virginia. This family friendly swim school is the only stand-alone facility in the South Riding area to feature three indoor pools. During planning, Propel‘s owner, Linda Stewart, focused on three primary goals: water quality, sustainability and a compact footprint.
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Publiacqua SpA: Integrating the drinking water management system
Centralize water cycle management for Publiacqua SpA, the utility in charge of providing the drinking water service in Medio Valdarno, in Tuscany, which has four provinces: Florence, Prato, Pistoia and Arezzo.
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Public utility removes arsenic to control underground plume
A public water agency in California contacted Xylem to treat remove arsenic from a groundwater supply. They needed to achieve a 1 ppb effluent level from the treatment system, 90% lower than the current drinking water standard in California. In addition they needed to have the treatment operating within weeks.
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Pump station retrofit ends stormwater woes in Lyndhurst, NJ
Lyndhurst officials prefer Flygt's submersible-pump solution for its sewer department’s stormwater station.
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Pumping system with integrated intelligence eliminates chronic clogging and debris buildup in pump station
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Recycling Cadmium Cyanide Rinse Water to Meet Stringent Quality Requirements
When an aerospace structure manufacturer aimed to limit POTW discharge, Evoqua implemented a rinsewater recycling system using ion exchange, reducing manual treatment, lowering costs, and maintaining high-quality standards.
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Recycling hexavalent chromium rinse waters to meet sustainability goals
An aerospace manufacturer reduced water use and sewer discharge by recycling chromium rinse waters using ion exchange and reverse osmosis, while meeting strict quality standards.
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Recycling Waste Rinsewater Meets Production Needs During Water Shortage
Facing severe water shortages, a PCB manufacturer implemented wastewater ion exchange to recycle rinsewater, ensuring consistent water quality and uninterrupted production.
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Reducing Water Demand for Hexavalent Chrome Plating
A chrome plating manufacturer cut water demand by over 50% using an ion exchange wastewater recycling system. The solution recovered rinse water, reduced disposal costs, and avoided major system upgrades while maintaining compliance.
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Refinery Saves 2M Per Year With Boiler Feedwater Outsourcing Agreement
A West Coast refinery turned to Xylem for help in providing a more consistent and reliable quality of purified boiler feedwater. The refinery, using up to 1,500 gpm of demineralized boiler makeup water, was experiencing a variety of problems including aging demineralizers, pending environmental legislation, excessive operation costs, wide variations of raw water quality, and limited capital to address these issues.
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Reliable Water Management for Central Sterilization
St. Luke’s Hospital is a leading health care provider in southeastern Massachusetts with a wide range of medical and surgical services. Specialized areas include neurosurgery, cardiology, children’s health services, and orthopedic and general surgery.
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Remote monitoring & controls for unmanned reliability
Xylem was tasked with designing a seep collection system to collect water from a low volume seep through the wall of a decommissioned fly ash pond. The sump was located in an active river floodplain that flooded with as little as 1-2 inches of rain, so the customer needed an automatic shutdown when the river covered the sump.
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Remote Pumping Solution helps Mine Operators Reach New Depths in Harsh Environment
A customer in Perú needed to drain water as its large open-pit mine operation reached as deep as 1,200 ft (365 m) below the surface. The discovery of more copper in the mine, and an expected excess of water during rainy summer months also prompted the company to act. They sought a remote solution for monitoring and controlling their pumping system, particularly as routing electrical power became more difficult the deeper they dug....
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Secure in-field firmware updates to support more resilient connected products
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A custom bulk dewatering system for 100% compliance
A North American power utility needed to dewater wet fly ash ponds at sites without permanent power. Xylem engineers created a modular system that combined different products into a single streamlined solution.
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A Leader in Packaged Fruits Leverages Ozone for Maximum Disinfection and Improved Food Safety
In the frozen food industry, Listeria is a particularly challenging bacteria as it does not go dormant at low temperatures. Bacterial counts also naturally increase throughout processing and packaging, which requires the operator to closely monitor bacterial levels and conduct complete shutdowns for CIP when necessary.
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Italian Utility Improves System Reliability and Saves Water, Money and Energy by Locating Water Loss on a Submarine Pipeline
According to Utilitalia, 38 percent of water is lost on average from the country’s distribution networks. By reducing these losses, the country’s utilities can achieve a more sustainable water supply, lower energy demand, and better financial stewardship.
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Adirondack Beverage Installs RO & CDI Systems to Meet USP Regulations
The challenge for Adirondack Beverages was to meet United States Pharmacopeia (USP 23) regulations for the production of bottled water and to be able to meet future USP 24 regulations without additional equipment.
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Xylem supplies pumps for oil production in West Africa
Several countries and multi-national oil companies are exploiting fields off West African coastlines – including Gabon and Congo – through on-shore plants and off-shore platforms.