Water is precious to the 8000 residents of this town in central Utah, as it is to so many similar places in the arid Intermountain West. Town history attributes Salem City's 19th-century founding to its location as a suitable spot for damming up a local spring to create a pond, which is still the centerpiece of the town.

Just north of Fort Wayne, Indiana, the community of Huntertown boasts the second-fastest growth rate in the state, with no sign of slowing down. An easy commute from the city, attractive neighborhoods and good schools have helped skyrocket its population to nearly 7,000 residents in recent years.

Xylem has announced that it has been selected by Payson City, Utah, to expand the City’s wastewater treatment plant. The plant expansion will address the needs of this growing community as well as meet current and future nutrient removal requirements.

Xylem, an industry leader in mission-critical water treatment solutions, has been selected through a fair and open competitive bidding process to replace eight Rotating Biological Contactors (RBCs) that have reached the end of their useful life at the Cape May County, Municipal Utilities Authority, Cape May Wastewater Treatment Facility.

The City of Los Angeles’ Hyperion Wastewater Treatment Plant is one of the largest in the United States. It serves approximately 9 million people by treating 460 mgd of wastewater. Built in 1949, the plant was designed to treat up to 450 mgd but was forced to reduce secondary treatment in the 1960’s to 120 mgd due to limited secondary capacity.

The Grass Valley Wastewater Treatment Plant provides service for a population of approximately 12,000 people. Situated in California’s Gold Country, the area has some unique challenges that include mine drainage and heavy flows during the winter storm season in the scenic Sierra Nevada foothills. On average, the City discharges 2.1 million gallons per day of treated wastewater effluent to Wolf Creek, a tributary of the Bear River.

When its wastewater treatment plant’s brush aerators reached their end of service life, The City of Tomball replaced them with Xylem's Envirex® Disc Aerators, maintaining compliance and improving reliability.

The Upper Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) which treats residential waste (70 percent) and industrial waste (30 percent) was struggling to maintain performance during peak wet weather flows. The facility was designed to treat an average daily flow of 5.7 million gallons per day (MGD) and a maximum monthly flow of 6.5 MGD with a peak hourly flow of 12 MGD.

Located between Milwaukee and Madison at the intersection of two Wisconsin interstates, the Village of Johnson Creek is one of the fastest growing communities in the region. It bills itself as the "Crossroads with A Future." Recently, the town had to step up planning for the future as its wastewater treatment plant reached a crossroads of its own.