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Xylem reinforces commitment to water reuse research

Xylem has announced its commitment to a renewed research partnership with the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation (WE&RF).

The new commitment, which stretches from 2017-2019, will see Xylem continue to support WE&RF’s research into water reuse. It builds on a previous three-year partnership between Xylem and WE&RF.

As well as financial support, the new commitment will see Xylem provide ‘in-kind’ contributions which are intended to help accelerate the development and implementation of innovative approaches to delivering recycled water and lead to the increased adoption of sustainable water resource management practice.

The goal of the collaboration is to ‘enhance and advance’ WE&RF’s water research reuse portfolio. Xylem will support the WE&RF’s exploration of advanced data analytics for the water sector, as well as its utility analytics and infrastructure management research.

Between 2014 – 2016, Xylem’s partnership with the then WateReuse Research Foundation (WRRF) supported 13 research projects related to technology evaluation and advanced treatment for potable reuse, including ozone/biologically active carbon (BAC), membrane filtration (MF), reverse osmosis (RO) and advanced oxidation processes (AOP).

A multitude of peer reviewed publications, as well as several webcasts and workshops were released to document the developments and innovations made in the first collaboration. The project saw the adoption of reuse facilities in California and across the country, such as the aquifer recharge demonstration project as part of the Hampton Roads Sanitation District’s ‘Sustainable Water Initiative for Tomorrow’ (SWIFT) programme in Virginia and the City of Altamonte Springs potable reuse demonstration facility in Florida.

“WE&RF is deeply grateful for Xylem’s support of our Foundation and our research,” said Melissa Meeker, WE&RF Chief Executive Officer. “Xylem’s contribution advances the promise of more efficient and effective resource recovery, integrated water management, and water reuse in solving the world’s water challenges.”





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