EMASESA (Empresa de Abastecimiento y Saneamiento de Aguas de Sevilla S.A.) is responsible for water cycle management in the Spanish city of Seville and its metropolitan area. The utility supplies approximately 100 hm3 of drinking water to 1.4 million residents in 12 municipalities every year, as well as distributing raw water to 31 municipalities, serving a total area of 1,220 km2. It manages a 4,000 km network, six water reservoirs, 35 pumping stations...

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At the start of 2021, the plant registered a decrease in air flow, accompanied by an increase in energy consumption by the blowers. Personnel suspected that the diffusers were clogged by calcium carbonate build-up from the water, causing significant head loss in the diffusers.

In 2016, EPAL recognized a deviation in the non-revenue water (NRW) trend since implementation of the DMA program. The issue was promptly identified in two supply zones, encompassing 150 kilometers of water transmission mains, predominately composed of large diameter reinforced concrete pipe built in 1965.

Georgia Aquarium, the largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere, has been committed to work on behalf of all marine life through education, preservation, exceptional animal care and research across the globe since its opening in 2005. Located in Atlanta, Georgia, the Aquarium’s mission is to be an entertaining, educational and scientific institution featuring exhibits and programs of the highest standards.

The Catskill Mountains make for beautiful scenery but the rolling hills present the challenge of reliably pumping water to residential areas. Xylem’s Goulds Water Technology Aquavar Intelligent Pump Controller, and the help of distributor D&S Pump and Supply Co., and installer Foley’s Pump Service ensure water reaches a Connecticut community.

Over the last few years, the operation and maintenance of the large valves had declined due to focus being placed on other critical priorities. Without a consistent exercise routine for critical valves, the utility found that many of these valves were inoperable and, as a result, began to seek funding for valve replacements.

After nearly 25 years, Grand Rapids finished retrofitting its combined sewer overflow system to a separate sanitary and stormwater system, completing its long-term control plan (LTCP) in 2015. But now, the City needed to get a better understanding of the infiltration and inflow into these newly separated sanitary sewers to ensure compliance with a mandate from the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ).

Gruppo CAP deployed Xylem Vue's AI-driven platform to optimize its 6,500 km water network, reducing water losses and improving asset management.

The scale of the current global hunger and malnutrition crisis is worsening, with over 345 million people worldwide currently facing high levels of food insecurity – more than double the number in 2020. However, indoor horticulture is growing in popularity as a modern solution to many environmental problems that affect food production and food insecurity.

Lowara, through its local distributor Efstratiadis SA, collaborated closely with the internal construction team headed by Dr. Papavasilopoulos Fotios, Managing Director of Olympion Clinic, in order to choose the best re-circulation and pumping solutions.