Pumps and Drives Resources

31. Leading The Way In Making Water Safe 7/21/2020

    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.

32. Pump Cavitation And How To Avoid It 7/14/2020

    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.

33. Xylem's Energy-Efficient Technology Helps Top 100 Hospital Maintain Award-Winning Standards 7/9/2020

    As plumbing maintenance manager at Geisinger Medical Center, Jim Reichard knows what it takes to maintain a facility with such high standards. However, he was recently challenged with the need for significant pump upgrades. 

34. Xylem Helps To Save The Sphinx And Giza Pyramids 7/9/2020

    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.

35. Goulds Water Technology Teams Up With Customers To Provide Reliable Water Source To A Connecticut Community 7/8/2020

    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.

36. Water Authority Uses Clamp-On Ultrasonic Flow Meters To Avoid Peak Limit Surcharges 3/25/2020

    A suburban township in the upper Midwest United States buys their drinking water from a major municipal water district. The township’s water distribution system network has four connections to the larger municipality’s water transmission main. The municipality has many wholesale customers and has implemented contracts with each customer to limit the peak flows and the time of day in which they may occur. If a customer exceeds the limit, they are assessed significant surcharges.

37. How To Get The Right Rental Equipment To Your Worksite 12/12/2019

    For organizations involved in water, wastewater and stormwater projects, renting equipment can be a pivotal part of any endeavor. If an essential piece of equipment is not available, that can result in idle workers and a project falling off schedule and extending beyond budget.

38. Reduce Electricity Costs By Putting More Energy Into Data Analysis 12/2/2019

    With electricity consumption being a primary operating cost in water treatment and wastewater treatment, steps taken to optimize energy use are critical. Saving energy is more than just an on/off decision. Monitoring and managing energy use — from analyzing pump curves, to reducing non-revenue-water leaks, to scheduling operations around premium-rate windows — is essential. Fortunately, the payback potential can be impressive.

39. Managing Data To Maximize Asset Maintenance Efficiency 11/22/2019

    Although an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, all the money spent on regularly scheduled maintenance can add up to a ton of waste — and still result in unplanned downtime — if asset managers can’t reasonably differentiate between which equipment truly needs attention and which doesn’t. Fortunately, data-centric analytics derived from physical performance in real time can make that distinction. Here’s how.

40. New Project Keeps Water Running To Las Vegas 10/3/2019

    More than 42 million tourists traveled to Las Vegas in 2018 to see the shows, the entertainers, and the gambling halls that make the city one of the nation’s most popular travel destinations. The Las Vegas valley is also the home of more than 2.25 million residents, easily the most densely populated region in the state of Nevada.