Unpacking the emerging pressures businesses are placing on water systems
Mike McGann, leader of the Measurement & Control Solutions group for Xylem, discusses how macro business trends like onshoring and reshoring are placing significant pressure on water utilities. More specifically, the increased demand for water from data centers and microchip manufacturing plants, which can consume up to 5 million gallons of water daily, is forcing utilities to plan and prepare differently.
Xylem, he said, is positioning itself to help utilities address these challenges by focusing on water reuse solutions. They offer technologies including efficient pumping, advanced treatment, advanced filtration, and disinfection to assist both utility and industrial customers in tackling water reuse problems.
(Editor's note: The descriptoin for this video was written with the assistance of generative AI.)
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Bob Crossen
Editorial Director
Bob Crossen is the vice president of content strategy for the Water and Energy Groups of Endeavor Business Media, a division of EndeavorB2B. EB2B publishes WaterWorld, Wastewater Digest and Stormwater Solutions in its water portfolio and publishes Oil & Gas Journal, Offshore Magazine, T&D World, EnergyTech and Microgrid Knowledge in its energy portfolio. Crossen graduated from Illinois State University in Dec. 2011 with a Bachelor of Arts in German and a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism. He worked for Campbell Publications, a weekly newspaper company in rural Illinois outside St. Louis for four years as a reporter and regional editor. Crossen can be reached at [email protected].
Mandy Crispin
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