WEFTEC 2020

DENVER (Sept. 17, 2013) – Bruce Hauk, a 17-year water industry professional, has been appointed to the Partnership for Safe Water Steering Committee for a three-year term.

CHICAGO (Sept. 1, 2013) – The world’s municipal wastewater plant operators will spend $1.2 billion in 2014 for equipment to separate particles from the sewage inflows. This is the most recent forecast in Sedimentation/Centrifugation World Markets published by the McIlvaine Company.

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland (July 15, 2013) – Xylem has won a contract to provide ultraviolet (UV) drinking water treatment solutions to the largest UV disinfection project ever undertaken in Sweden. The Xylem solutions will help deliver clean, treated drinking water to 900,000 people across 16 municipalities. The facility will have the capacity to handle a potential 25 percent increase in water volume to support future population growth.

CHICAGO (July 15, 2013) – Producers of treatment chemicals will generate revenues of $11.9 billion next year in Asia. This is the latest forecast in the continually updated McIlvaine publication—“Water and Wastewater Treatment Chemicals: World Market.”

Water and Wastewater Chemical Revenues, Asa (millions of dollars)

WASHINGTON (April 17, 2013) – Nearly 200 water utility leaders from across the United States ascended the steps of Capitol Hill today, urging their members of Congress to vote for legislation that addresses the nation’s water infrastructure challenge and confronts mounting affordability concerns.

ALEXANDRIA, Va. (April 2, 2013) – Registration and housing is now open for WEFTEC^® 2013, the Water Environment Federation’s (WEF) 86th Annual Technical Exhibition and Conference. Scheduled for Oct. 5 – 9, 2013 at McCormick Place South in Chicago, this year’s event includes a new pricing structure that accommodates for ongoing economic challenges and gives greater access to the hallmarks of WEFTEC.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (Feb. 14, 2013) – Xylem Inc. has acquired PIMS Group, a privately held UK-based wastewater services company, for approximately US$57 million.

PARIS (Jan. 14, 2013)—GE’s Power Conversion business announced that it has won a contact of more than $10 million to supply eight pump drive trains, as well as process automation for the largest wastewater treatment plant in the world. It will be located just outside of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, and will provide water for local agricultural needs.

STOCKHOLM, Sweden (Jan. 11, 2012) — Xylem Inc. has reduced the energy consumption of a wastewater pumping station in Sweden by 50 percent using its award-winning Flygt Experior solution. At a second station also in Sweden, Xylem’s Flygt SmartRun control system – one component of the Flygt Experior solution – has cut the energy use of the station by 30 percent.

WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. (June 14, 2012) – Xylem Inc., a global water technology company focused on addressing the world’s most challenging water issues, attended the Citi Water Investment Conference on Wed., June 20, 2012.