Welcome to Making Waves, where you’ll find stories on water from Xylem, a global water technology company with a mission to solve water.
Choose articles and blog posts from our selection of popular topics below, read one of the Editor’s Pick stories, scroll the News Feed or choose Filter By in the top navigation bar to get access to all Making Waves stories and topics. Sign up to our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on the wonderful world of water.
Water News Sustainability Innovation Net Zero Analytics
Editor's picks
Recent Posts

As the world’s tallest building, Burj Khalifa in Dubai is an amazing feat of engineering. At 829.8 meters (2,722 feet), it is taller than two Empire State...

When developing HVAC centrifugal pumps, designers have traditionally aimed at a pump’s highest point of efficiency. Given the wide variation in flow and...
Energy-efficient pumping systems

Xylem’s Gavin Westworth has developed an index that could revolutionize the diagnostic aspect of pumping systems. His formula can quickly be used to determine...
The energy-water collision

In the United States power plants account for 41 percent of the country’s freshwater needs. In fact, according to the Union of Concerned Scientists, more water...