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Water Utilities News

When heavy rains hit, minutes matter. A few extra moments of warning can mean the difference between reaching safety before a flood or being caught by rising...

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Helping communities stand strong in the face of flooding

After days of unprecedented rainfall, a dam’s spillway in the small town of Whaley Bridge partially collapsed on August 1, 2019. The event made international...

Congratulations to Macinley Butson, winner of the Stockholm Junior Water Prize!

Macinley Butson from Australia has been announced the winner of the 2019 Stockholm Junior Water Prize. H.R.H. Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden presented the...

5 ways high school students are solving global water challenges

Instead of waiting for others to solve some of the world’s most difficult water challenges, high school students across the globe have been doing their own...

How Xylem helped mitigate flooding during a “thousand-year storm”

In October 2015, North and South Carolina experienced record-shattering rains and flooding in the aftermath of Hurricane Joaquin. Known as the “thousand-year...