All posts tagged with 'Utility Stories'
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Great Lakes Water Authority protects Michigan’s largest water transmission main with technology-powered advanced inspection program
The Great Lakes Water Authority is using Xylem’s Pipediver® technology to proactively inspect and protect a critical transmission main.
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Helping customers build extreme weather resilience
Here are four ways communities across the globe are using technology to build resilience to severe weather and climate challenges.
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Historic project linking Rome and Vatican City uses advanced technology to keep water flowing
Xylem’s custom hydraulic bypass diverted major sewer infrastructure, enabling construction of pedestrian link for 35 million visitors to the 2025 Jubilee.
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How one utility uses a digital twin to manage real-time drinking water distribution
Operators need to efficiently manage drinking water networks, but they often lack visibility into their systems to make data-driven decisions. Learn how one utility is using hydroinformatics and a network digital twin to improve operations.
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How to tackle water scarcity in a city of 22 million people
Beijing Drainage Group is using water reuse, digital solutions and bold innovation to solve some of the toughest urban water challenges of our time.
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How Xylem customers advanced water reuse, resilience and water security in 2025
Innovative water projects demonstrate how advanced technology can transform the way communities, industries and institutions manage water.
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Identifying real-world AI tools to solve customer challenges
Artificial intelligence (AI) is dominating global conversations, as people question what it will mean for society and how to identify the best ways to put its transformative powers to work responsibly. We’re already seeing the incredible impact of Amazon’s Alexa, Apple’s Siri and ChatGPT on our everyday lives. How will AI shape the future of water?
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Innovative pumping solution saves energy, expense and space for Großostheim, Germany
Faced with limited space and rising energy costs, a German town upgraded its water system with a compact, efficient pump that reused existing piping.
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Knowing beats wondering: Steps to cybersecurity success
A Xylem security expert discusses how utilities can stay secure with an in-depth understanding of systems, vulnerabilities, and actionable remediations.
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Making Waves in 2023: 5 Xylem customers revolutionizing water access, affordability, and resilience
Learn how Xylem customers are using digital technology to improve drinking water, prevent sewer overflows, lower emissions and detect leaks.
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Managing the changing tides of cybersecurity
Amid the digitization of the water sector, the risks posed by cyber threats are growing. Learn how utilities can modernize while staying secure.
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Mixers at Italian wastewater treatment plant can reduce energy use by up to 50%
The Publiacqua treatment plant uses low-speed, high-efficiency Flygt 4530 mixers, which can reduce energy consumption by up to 50%.
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Modernizing North Battleford’s utility operations with digital solutions
Faced with aging infrastructure, the city now uses advanced metering infrastructure to proactively detect leaks and send immediate alerts to customers.
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New industry models to simplify water pipeline data
Xylem and PODS create first-of-a-kind industry data models to help organize and communicate utility pipeline assessment data.
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Partnership in action: Driving digital transformation for water utilities
Leading water operators embrace data-fueled solutions to tackle aging infrastructure and water security challenges.
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PFAS treatment technologies for water utilities and PFAS-contaminated sites
PFAS treatment technologies can reduce PFAS to non-detectable levels, helping water utilities and companies stay compliant with stricter regulations.
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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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Prado Dam's data-driven approach to boosting California's groundwater supply
See how advanced flow monitoring is boosting California’s groundwater recharge and transforming the future of water management.
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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: How utilities are using digital tech to achieve operational excellence
The water sector’s transformation is gaining pace. Water and wastewater utilities are deploying digital solutions on a larger scale and demonstrating how data and analytics can optimize operations and enhance services for communities. Sharing insights from the pacesetters is an important factor in accelerating progress.
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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.