Xylem Brings Together Leading Water Industry Experts to Discuss Modernizing Water Infrastructure at May 17th Summit

Former DC Water CEO and water industry visionary George Hawkins to
lead off the discussion

COLUMBIA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Xylem (NYSE:XYL), a leading global water technology company committed to
developing innovative solutions for the worldÔÇÖs water challenges, is
bringing together water industry leaders and utility operators to
discuss Modernizing
Water Infrastructure. During the workshop, experts on water,
sustainable water management and infrastructure will share insights,
best practices, and innovative approaches on optimizing water
distribution.

All sessions of the live workshop will also be available via webinar here.

George Hawkins, recently retired CEO of DC Water, professor,
environmentalist and long-time public servant, will present his thoughts
on how the management of water can be transformed to better meet the
needs of the community while ensuring water affordability. After Mr.
HawkinsÔÇÖ opening address, the following water industry leaders will
present:

• Arturo Acevedo, Section Manager at Washington Suburban Sanitary
  Commission (WSSC) will present ÔÇ£Pipe Integrity Strategies ÔÇô WSSC, 100
  Years and CountingÔÇØ
• Jody Caldwell, Asset Management Director from Great Lakes Water
  Authority (GLWA) will discuss how GLWA is building their asset
  management program from the (under)ground up in his presentation ÔÇ£A
  Clean Slate for Asset ManagementÔÇØ
• Mike Higgins, SVP of XylemÔÇÖs Pure Technologies business will discuss
  ÔÇ£Buried Infrastructure Philosophies for SuccessÔÇØ
• Bridget Berardinelli, VP for Product Management and Continuous
  Improvement at Xylem, will present ÔÇ£Distributed Sensing and Real-time
  ControlÔÇØ and the impact on service and quality.
• Kristen Smith, Xylem, will present ÔÇ£Smart Metering and Analytics to
  Generate Real ResultsÔÇØ
• Susan Donnally, Area Regional Manager for XylemÔÇÖs Pure Technologies,
  will discuss advanced technologies and practices to ÔÇ£Manage Large
  Diameter Transmission MainsÔÇØ
• Vice President of XylemÔÇÖs Pure Analytics Travis Wagner will present
  innovative approaches that can be applied to manage small diameter
  networks
• Frank Blaha (invited guest speaker), regional liaison for The Water
  Research Foundation, will discuss initiatives to improve innovation in
  the water industry

Albert Cho, Vice President and General Manager of Advanced
Infrastructure Analytics at Xylem, said, ÔÇ£Technology is revolutionizing
the way the water industry manages their infrastructure. This workshop
will feature industry thought leaders discussing groundbreaking
solutions to managing water infrastructure. Our goal is to provide
attendees with actionable insights and management best practices that
can be used within their organizations and put to good use.ÔÇØ

In addition to the presentations, there will be roundtable discussions
featuring utility leaders Jay Mantua (WSSC) and Jay Price (Baltimore
City) on recent extreme weather events and how utilities managed through
these occurrences.

The full-day workshop is designed to provide water infrastructure
professionals with insights about new operating models and
state-of-the-art technologies available today that are revolutionizing
water and wastewater management. There will also be demonstrations of
some of the latest advanced technologies and tools.

For more information on XylemÔÇÖs Modernizing Water Infrastructure
workshop, or to register for the online webinar, visit https://puretechltd.com/events/2018-2/modernizing-water-infrastructure.

About Xylem

Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology company committed to
developing innovative technology solutions to the worldÔÇÖs water
challenges. The CompanyÔÇÖs products and services move, treat, analyze,
monitor and return water to the environment in public utility,
industrial, residential and commercial building services settings. Xylem
also provides a leading portfolio of smart metering, network
technologies and advanced infrastructure analytics solutions for water,
electric and gas utilities. The CompanyÔÇÖs more than 16,500 employees
bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on identifying
comprehensive, sustainable solutions. Headquartered in Rye Brook, New
York with 2017 revenue of $4.7 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 ÔÇô that which occurs in nature. For more
information, please visit us at www.xylem.com.

Contacts

For Xylem:
Olivia Dempsey, + 353 851525109
[email protected]