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Water prize winner finds solution to oil sand pollution

Hayley Todesco has been competing in science fairs since she was nine years old. Now at 18, she has won the Stockholm Junior Water Prize for finding a faster...
Designing HVAC centrifugal pumps for optimal efficiency

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

A major pumping station in Scotland has significantly reduced its operations costs and energy consumption, thanks to a Xylem TotalCare energy audit and...
John Briscoe wins Stockholm Water Prize

Professor John Briscoe, a native of South Africa, has been named the 2014 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate for his unparalleled contributions to global and local...
Committed to energy-efficient pumping solutions

UN World Water Day, celebrated every year on March 22, helps focus the attention of the world on the crucial importance of water. The theme for 2014 is water...
Pumping station cuts energy use by 27 percent

A municipal sewage pumping station on the shores of Lake Como, Italy, has successfully reduced energy consumption by 27 percent thanks to Xylem’s Flygt...