New York High School Students Win 2017 U.S. Stockholm Junior Water Prize

RYE BROOK, N.Y.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Xylem Inc. (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology and solutions
company, congratulates Rachel Chang and Ryan Thorpe of Manhasset, N.Y.,
the 2017 winners of the United States Stockholm Junior Water Prize
(SJWP), the most prestigious youth award for a water-related research
project. Xylem has been a long-time leading sponsor of the U.S. SJWP and
is a founding sponsor of the International Stockholm Junior Water Prize.

The competition empowers students to identify and research water issues,
pursue careers in water sustainability, and raise awareness of global
water challenges. The showcase contains a wide spectrum of projects that
may include improvements in water quality, water resource management,
water protection, drinking water and wastewater treatment. In the U.S.,
the Water Environment Federation (WEF) and its Member Associations
organize the regional, state and national competitions with support from
Xylem.

Chang and Thorpe’s winning paper, “A Novel Approach to Rapidly and
Sensitively Detect and Purify Water Contaminated with Shigella, E. coli,
Salmonella, and Cholera,” highlights that waterborne diseases cause 3.4
million deaths annually. Chang and Thorpe’s winning project involved the
development of an efficient and rapid method to detect minute levels of
bacteria and purify the water of pathogens.

“As a leading global water technology and solutions company, we
encourage and support innovative projects that focus on protecting our
precious water sources,” said Colin Sabol, Senior Vice President and
Chairman of the Xylem Watermark Committee at Xylem. “Year after year, we
continue to be amazed by the ingenuity and ambition of these bright
students and we are proud to be a long-time supporter of the Stockholm
Junior Water Prize.”

The project received the top honor at the national competition held June
16-17 at the University of North Carolina at Charlotte, where students
from 48 states and Puerto Rico competed for the revered prize. Chang and
Thorpe received $10,000 as well as an all-expense-paid trip to represent
the United States at the international competition in August during
World Water Week in Stockholm, Sweden. There, Chang and Thorpe will
compete with more than 30 other students from around the world for the
global title.

The two U.S. runners-up were Ana Humphrey of Alexandria, Va., and Apoorv
Khandelhal of Sammamish, Wash. The competition also recognized Luca
Barcelo of Greenwich, CT, who received the Bjorn von Euler Innovation in
Water Scholarship Award, which recognizes a project that demonstrates a
unique passion for education, spirit of creativity and innovation. It
honors the work of former WEF board member and retired Xylem Watermark
Director, Bjorn von Euler.

Xylem works to provide sustainable and efficient water solutions to the
world’s most pressing water challenges. Through its corporate
citizenship program Watermark, Xylem helps provide safe water resources
for communities in need across the globe as well as educate people about
water issues. This competition fosters excitement in young people to
pursue answers to water-related problems, supporting Xylem’s mission of
solving water.

About Xylem

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to
developing innovative technology solutions to the world’s water
challenges. The Company’s products and services move, treat, analyze,
monitor and return water to the environment in public utility,
industrial, residential and commercial building services, and
agricultural settings. With its October 2016 acquisition of Sensus,
Xylem added smart metering, network technologies and advanced data
analytics for water, gas and electric utilities to its portfolio of
solutions. The combined Company’s nearly 16,000 employees bring broad
applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying comprehensive,
sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New York with 2016
revenue of $3.8 billion, Xylem does business in more than 150 countries
through a number of market-leading product brands.

The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that
transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of
our water-centric business by linking it with the best water
transportation of all – that which occurs in nature. For more
information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.

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