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PRODUCTS
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Polyfluroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS, are man-made chemicals found in many everyday items. You can find them in products such as fast-food wrappers, stain-resistant fabrics, non-stick cookware and firefighting foams, among others.
PFAS, including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perflurooctane sulfonate (PFOS) - collectively known as PFAS, has been detected in rivers, lakes, streams, aquifers, municipal and private wells, impacting drinking and process water.
Based on the newly proposed EPA PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, Xylem’s MitiGATOR™ mobile system and our permanent treatment systems are capable of meeting the updated requirements. Additionally, the EPA pre-publication notice recognizes granular activated carbon (GAC) and ion exchange resin as Best Available Technologies (BAT) for PFAS treatment.
Proven Solutions for PFAS Mitigation
We are solutions-based, whether you are a municipal customer or an industrial partner. That means we focus on treating PFAS in water rather than selling you a specific product. We provide the most effective solutions based on your water and treatment goals. Whether you need permanent, emergency, mobile, and/or rental solutions, we offer flexible financing options to meet your needs.
Municipal Drinking Water Producers
We offer comprehensive PFAS removal for municipal drinking water applications. From initial discovery and consultation through installation and ongoing operational support, we leverage our expertise and proven success to achieve targeted treatment goals for communities of all sizes nationwide.One notable example is our collaboration with a New Hampshire community, where we worked with the town from testing through installation to ensure their treatment objectives were met.
Whether you serve millions or hundreds, we can offer assistance and expertise from the moment you discover PFAS in your water. After reviewing water quality testing results, we can design and deploy pilot tests or rapid small-scale column tests (RSSCT) using the best media suited for your specific water chemistry and treatment goals.
What rapid response solutions does Xylem have to mitigate PFAS?
- Emergency mobile solutions like our MitiGATOR™ mobile system
- Short-term rental units
- Long-term rental units and lease-to-own
If you can’t shut down your contaminated water source, we can respond quickly with emergency mobile units. These can be purchased for long-term use or provide contaminant removal while a more permanent solution is being designed. We also offer short-term mobile units for rent, which can be used on-site for a specific duration, or longer-term mobile placements for projects on a contract basis.
As a technology-agnostic provider, we can design the most effective systems to meet or exceed your treatment goals, utilizing a wide variety of media and vessel options. Xylem can partner with municipalities directly and/or engineering firms to seamlessly integrate our solutions into existing systems, tailoring our designs to meet site-specific requirements such as footprint and height.
Airports and Military Bases
Airports and military bases are actively working to remove PFAS and other contaminants from groundwater and soil left from decades of firefighting training exercises. Some states are even awarding grants specifically for PFAS testing and cleanup at airports. We have successful installations on airfields, military bases and within the aerospace industry. Additionally, our soil remediation solutions can be implemented alongside groundwater remediation efforts ensuring
we meet maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) and other treatment goals.Construction and Commercial Dewatering
For short-term or project-based site remediation related to contaminated groundwater, we offer proven mobile solutions. We can schedule for planned projects or respond to emergency needs with our fleet of mobile assets. From mitigating high water tables to removing contaminants such as PFAS from site groundwater we provide expertise and proven solutions.Industrial Water
Industrial wastewater often requires treatment for PFAS and other contaminants prior to municipal discharge. Among a wide variety of industrial wastewater solutions, we provide ion exchange media and services which mitigate metals and other inorganics as well as contaminants like PFAS.With one of the nation's largest and most versatile mobile fleets, and a wide array of permanent vessel systems we can meet or exceed both treatment goals and expectations across a wide range of municipal and industrial markets.
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U.S. Pipe’s TR-XTREME® pipe is engineered for seismic resilience, providing the first domestic ductile iron pipeline capable of expansion, contraction, and deflection within a single restrained bell joint.
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Speed your time to the clinic and create a more potent CAR T-cell therapy with NB-ROC, a xeno-free, serum-free T-cell culture media that can significantly boost transduction efficiency.
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Access, interact with, and even adjudicate clinical trial imaging from the same platform where you manage all other study data.
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Many owners and installers prefer the strength and simplicity of HDSS Pipe and Fittings. The joint is integrally restrained which gives it four advantages:
WHITE PAPERS AND CASE STUDIES
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Expanding Diabetes-Related Eye Health Equity
20/20 Onsite, American Diabetes Association and Genentech collaborated on an event to provide immediate diagnostic services, including retinal imaging and visual acuity assessments, directly on-site.
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Implementing A Next-Gen MES At A Fraction Of The Cost
Discover how a top medical device manufacturer accelerated product launch by digitizing assembly processes, streamlining training, and ensuring compliance.
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Novel Platform For Execution Of Pragmatic Studies Boosts Cancer Trial Efficiency
Learn how Flatiron partnered with Genentech and Foundation Medicine to develop a novel platform for the execution of pragmatic studies.
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Enhancing Municipal Water Storage With Submersible Mixers: A Case Study
Ice accumulation in water tanks poses serious challenges, compromising operations by trapping volumes of water and potentially costing tens of thousands of dollars in infrastructure damage. PAX Mixers are highly effective in preventing ice formation, even in extreme cold conditions. By optimizing water circulation, we can maintain consistent water temperatures within a tank.
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Metropolitan Sewer District Of Greater Cincinnati
The Lower Mill Creek Partial Remedy (LMCPR) in Hamilton County, Ohio, is a large, complex effort to remove about 1.78 billion gallons of combined sewer overflows (CSOs) annually from the Mill Creek, an Ohio River tributary. When complete, LMCPR will improve water quality and serve as a catalyst to improve local neighborhoods.
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Electronic Body Maps Drive Standardization Across Top-10 Pharma
Learn how a top-10 pharmaceutical client was able to "fundamentally transform the way they execute clinical trials" with the digitization and standardization of pain maps in a diabetic polyneuropathy trial.
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Outgrowing Excel: Implementing RTSM In A Live Phase I Trial
Learn how a clinical-stage oncology biotech successfully transitioned a live Phase I trial from manual spreadsheets to RTSM without disrupting site momentum or patient enrollment.
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Bend Successfully Rescues Powder-Filled Capsule Program
Learn how to overcome tech transfer challenges and ensure consistent content uniformity by leveraging multidisciplinary expertise and decades of commercial encapsulation experience.
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Transforming PSP Enrollment To Enhance User Experiences And Optimize Workflows
Lengthy enrollment calls burden patients and PSP teams alike. See how a digital-first intake approach cut onboarding time and improved outcomes for everyone involved.
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Reducing The Burden Of Patient Retention And Improving Continuity
Immunology trials often place a sustained burden on participants. However, integrating Home Trial Support (HTS) into a Phase 3 immunology trial can help improve the overall study experience.
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Optimizing Early-Stage Oncology
A strategic partnership enables a U.S. biotech company to address the struggles with their Phase I first-in-human oncology trial.
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Flexible Integrations To Reduce Risks And Increase Efficiencies
Learn how a trial team kept the blind of central lab samples and patient treatment across a Phase III and extension trial, whilst optimizing the supply chain.
NEWS
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Brown Astronomers Create New Technique To Eliminate Signals Disrupting Sensitive Radio Telescopes2/12/2025
Astronomers sifting through data from the Murchison Widefield Array, a radio telescope in Western Australia, found themselves confronting an unexpected mystery.
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Ovarro Opens New Asia Pacific Headquarters8/27/2025
Water technology provider Ovarro has opened a new Asia Pacific headquarters and production facility in Selangor, Malaysia.
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Enhanc3D Genomics Launches Suite Of 3D Multi-Omics Solutions To Accelerate Drug Development1/14/2025
Enhanc3D Genomics (‘Enhanced’ or ‘the Company’), an innovator in 3D genomics technology, today announced the launch of a suite of integrated multi-omics solutions to accelerate and improve the precision of drug discovery.
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PulpFixin Announces Strategic Distribution Partnership With Wildcat Laboratory Solutions To Expand Sustainable Lab Products Across The UK And EU4/14/2025
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GD Energy Products' Y-Shaped Drilling Module Now Rated For 10,000 PSI8/18/2025
GD Energy Products (GDEP), the leading total solutions provider for the frac, drilling and well servicing pumps market, has announced its patented Y-Shaped Drilling Module is now rated for operating pressures up to 10,000 psi.
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Instrumentation
The science of measuring and controlling variables is termed instrumentation. As the name suggests, the process involves using a wide variety of instruments. These are classified as any device that can measure amounts that are physically quantifiable. These instruments do not have to be extremely complex in design. For example, the ruler is an instrument to measure distance, and a simple thermometer measures temperature.
Instruments specific to petrochemical processing include platinum Resistance Temperature Detectors (RTD’s), P/I Converters, many types of level meters, chromatographs, and continuous gas analyzers. These instruments are essential to the day to day instrumentation at petrochemical plants, as it is impossible to gauge to the necessary extent by estimation alone. Human error is inevitable, but an instrument can easily be calibrated or replaced.
Now that you understand the definition of and tools used in instrumentation, you should also understand the necessity of it. Temperature and pressure meters serve to ensure that the environment stays safe for both the chemicals being processed and the employees of the plant. Heat is a very well-documented activator in chemical reactions. If the temperature rises to unusual levels, this could spark an undesired chemical reaction that could prove catastrophic. The flow meter must measure how much oil is leaving the refinery, as it is a very volatile substance. Analytical instruments, such as the chromatograph, analyze the chemical make-up of the refined oil. This allows for the opportunity to make sure that the chemical make-up is correct, giving evidence that the process was correctly completed at all stages of refinement.