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• Using Variable Frequency Drives To Consistently Improve Pump Performance

  In clean water pumping applications that experience variable demands throughout the day, efficiently sizing and running pumps through their daily cycle requires a delicate balance in process design. Variable frequency drives (VFDs) are a valuable tool for matching pump output and energy consumption closer to actual demand. Here are some important points for evaluating and choosing the best VFD solutions.

• Using Smart Pump Technology To Stretch Your Budget

  Water utilities and consulting engineers looking for improved efficiency in clean water pumping applications are finding that the building blocks of smart pump technology and the packaging of fully integrated, self-contained smart pump solutions have much to offer. Here is an overview of the technology involved and the benefits it has to offer across a broad range of applications and implementation approaches.

• Troubleshooting Tips For Common Pump Performance Issues

  Noise, vibration, heat, and excessive maintenance/repair events are just some potential pump issues inside a water or wastewater utility. Here are some guidelines for troubleshooting pump performance and some steps to take to ensure maximum efficiency and payback from an investment in performance for clean water pumping applications.

• Maximizing Your Capital Investment In Clean Water Pumps

  In many clean water pump applications, performance problems affect only a small segment of the total infrastructure. Dealing with routine repairs, extinct pump OEMs, or changing performance requirements does not have to come down to all-or-nothing replacement. Here are some opportunities and strategies for maximizing the value of existing pumping infrastructure at a fraction of the expense of a new installation.

• Leading The Way In Making Water Safe

  As a trusted leader for over 100 years in lineshaft and turbine manufacturing, Goulds Water Technology strives to serve all your agricultural, municipal and residential water needs by providing products which comply with safe drinking water regulations.

• Pump Cavitation And How To Avoid It

  Cavitation is not a new phenomenon that can impact a pump system, but it is an issue that is growing. While no official figures exist, it is not misleading to say that in the last five years, cases of pump cavitation have increased markedly.

• Xylem’s Energy-Efficient Technology Helps Top 100 Hospital Maintain Award-Winning Standards

  Geisinger Medical Center in Danville, Pennsylvania, is a high-quality health care facility that provides services to over 2 million residents on a yearly basis. The medical center was recently named a Thompson Reuter’s Top 100 Hospital as well as a Magnet hospital by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. A Magnet hospital designation identifies the top 5% of hospitals with programs aimed at the highest quality patient care and professional nursing performance. With top physicians in every field, and some of the most advanced technology in the country, Geisinger Medical Center has become one of the most respected hospitals in the U.S.

• Xylem Helps To Save The Sphinx And Giza Pyramids

  It’s not every day that a company has an opportunity to help save the last of the remaining Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. When the Egyptian Antiquities Authority (EAA) determined that the groundwater levels at the Pyramids Plateau were too shallow and threatened the longevity of the Ancient Sphinx and Pyramids in Giza, Egypt, action was needed to save the historical site.

• Goulds Water Technology Teams Up With Customers To Provide Reliable Water Source To A Connecticut Community

  The Catskill Mountains make for beautiful scenery but the rolling hills present the challenge of reliably pumping water to residential areas. Xylem’s Goulds Water Technology Aquavar Intelligent Pump Controller, and the help of distributor D&S Pump and Supply Co., and installer Foley’s Pump Service ensure water reaches a Connecticut community.