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World Oceans Day 2023: Time to put our oceans first
We live on a blue planet covered with oceans that we depend on for our way of life. But how much attention are we actually giving them? Today, on World Oceans Day, the United Nations is joining forces with decision makers, leaders and activists around the world to put the oceans first.
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Xylem and Dutch water utility Dunea develop first sequential advanced oxidation process (AOP) system to help remove organic micropollutants
Dutch water utility Dunea partnered with Xylem to develop the world’s first sequential advanced oxidation process for drinking water treatment.
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Xylem and Manchester City team up to drive water sustainability in football
Xylem water technology solutions enable Manchester city to improve water usage and efficiency by saving up to 1,000 cubic meters of drinking water every day.
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Xylem author teaches children about the wonderful world of water
The Great Book of Water helps children around the world learn about water and how it touches every part of our lives. The book was originally written in Spanish by Xylem’s Denise Pouleurs to fill what she saw as a gap in the market. Here’s her story.
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Xylem sets new 2030 sustainability commitments for corporate water stewardship and WASH access
Xylem’s new sustainability commitments will help industrial customers reduce annual water demand and provide more people with climate-resilient WASH access.
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Xylem solution removes PFAS compounds from water utility's supply well
After a drinking water well in Maine became contaminated with PFAS, the local water utility worked with Xylem experts to find a cost-effective solution.
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Xylem Solver: Transforming water challenges into completed projects
Choosing the right technology for a water system isn’t easy. The sheer number of options and technical details to sort through can quickly get overwhelming, even for seasoned engineers. That’s why Xylem developed Solver, a next generation digital platform that simplifies product selection and empowers users to make smarter decisions.
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Xylem’s YSI data buoy provides water-quality data for mussel farmers
South Coast Mariculture wanted to better understand the water quality conditions of their mussel farms in Jervis Bay, located in New South Wales, Australia. After deploying Xylem’s YSI buoy with EXO2 multiparameter sonde, they now have data that can help them increase productivity, better understand the water column, and expand their aquaculture business.
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Xylem's 2024: Driving change toward a water-secure world
Explore Xylem’s 2024 highlights, from advancing water innovation to achieving sustainability goals, combating PFAS, and securing global water resources.
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3 ways to protect your PCCP now and into the future
Obtaining actionable condition insights helps utilities prevent sudden and high-consequence PCCP failures. But is your asset management plan equipped to prevent tomorrow’s failures? Explore three ways you can ensure PCCP assets operate safely over the long term.
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Ask the expert: understanding the role of calibration in PCCP inspections
Behind the successful inspection of prestressed concrete pipelines lies a crucial process — calibration. This blog pulls back the curtain on calibration, revealing how it ensures precise quantification of wire breaks and leads to more reliable electromagnetic inspection results.
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Closing the pinhole-sized gap in your leak detection strategy
Finding a leak quickly helps mitigate the impact of releases on people, property, and the environment. Pipeline operators can detect and locate leaks with high precision using Pure Technologies' SmartBall® platform.
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Establish system control and reliability
The operability of critical valves is essential to control a water system and ensure system reliability. Critical valves control vital water transmission lines – the backbone of any water system. Operable critical valves reduce the consequences when large diameter pipeline failures occur.
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How do I choose the right pipeline inspection tool?
There is no one-size-fits-all approach to inspecting critical pipelines. Utilities should carefully compare technologies to determine how they meet your operational and project delivery needs as well as your decision-making goals. Here are four key considerations utilities should evaluate when choosing the right tool for a condition assessment project.
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How to exceed standards in your Direct Assessment Program
Despite its high strength, steel has a propensity to dent, buckle, corrode or crack when exposed, all risks to the integrity of a pipeline. In order to identify defects, proactive pipeline inspections are necessary to avoid failures, leaks or ruptures. One way of validating pipeline integrity is the use of Direct Assessment.
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Is continuous monitoring only for high-risk pipelines?
SoundPrint AFO continuous monitoring technology helps utilities prevent the kind of catastrophic pipeline failures that make headlines. However, failures on high-risk assets aren’t the only concern for pipeline owners. Monitoring data can also help utilities better understand risk today and into the future to control operating costs and improve customer service. Here’s five ways SoundPrint AFO can deliver significant value for pipelines without a history of problems or a lower consequence of failure.
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Is hydrogen embrittlement putting your PCCP at risk?
Hydrogen embrittlement silently weakens prestressed concrete cylinder pipe, risking catastrophic failure. Learn how to detect and manage this hidden threat. -
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Optimized valve maintenance – where to start
When valves are not accessible or operable, crews have to back up and close more valves to isolate the line. It takes longer to complete the repair, more customers are impacted and potential of damage to property as a result of a main break increases.
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Pipeline management: old pipe is not always bad pipe
Despite their critical importance, for decades many municipal utilities have operated under a “bury and forget” mentality – with little emphasis on long-term management of their aging pipelines – at least until something goes wrong.
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Thirty years of innovation in pipeline management
Advances in technology and data analytics now enable utilities to manage pipelines through continuous, incremental investment rather than planning for end-of-life replacement. This approach reduces the overall cost of ownership by preventing failures and avoiding the unnecessary and disruptive replacement of assets with remaining service life.
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Future thinking: spotlight on sustainability and supply chain challenges
Exploring sustainable practices and innovations in water treatment to tackle supply chain challenges and reduce environmental impact
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Partner for data: Taking the heat out of data centres with ph Water Technologies
Learn how Xylem and ph Water Technologies are partnering to provide sustainable, chemical-free water treatment solutions that support the growing demand for data center cooling and reduce environmental impact
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Phosphorus removal solutions with ballasted clarification
Discover how Xylem’s ballasted clarification solutions deliver higher treatment efficiency and lower lifecycle costs for superior phosphorus removal
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Ultrapure water for microelectronics manufacturing
Generating ultrapure water (UPW) is a critical step in microelectronics manufacturing.
