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In April 2022, Andreas Fath began a 57-day journey, in which he would swim 2,700 kilometers (1,678 miles) to raise awareness of pollution in the Danube River....
From spider web to solving water

Meet our innovation challenge high school winners. It started with a spider web and ended with impressive new insights on solving a growing global water...
Net zero by the numbers – understanding emissions

Getting to grips with the numbers to get the most from technology Recent research has shown that utilities have ambitious plans to decarbonize, with 75% of...
Cybersecurity: How tech can modernize, optimize, and protect

Protecting critical infrastructure has taken on new meaning as cyberattacks rise. Water is no exception. In 2022, the U.S. Government picked water as one of...

Student innovators take on water threats from flash floods to pharmaceutical pollution to water access. Global water challenges are intensifying, but a new...

When a wastewater treatment plant near Florence, Italy, needed to replace a set of mixers, it consulted Xylem’s experts to find the optimal mixing solution....