# Xylem

> Xylem is a water technology company engineering pumps, treatment systems, and smart metering infrastructure for municipal water utilities, industrial facilities, and agricultural irrigation worldwide, with a growing portfolio of AI-powered leak detection and demand-forecasting software following its acquisition of Evoqua in 2023. Its R&D centers in Rye Brook, New York, and Emmaboda, Sweden, collaborate with TU Delft's water management group, ETH Zurich's drinking water engineering program, and the University of Illinois' Illinois Sustainable Technology Center on membrane bioreactor fouling, UV disinfection efficiency, and PFAS remediation chemistries. Xylem funds the Xylem Watermark Fellowship program, which places graduate students from environmental engineering and hydrology PhD programs at community water projects worldwide, simultaneously building goodwill and a structured recruitment pipeline. The company has become the primary industrial employer for PhD graduates from water-systems engineering programs, particularly those specializing in digital water networks and sensor-based distribution monitoring.

*Source: [https://selltoscientists.com/companies/xylem/](https://selltoscientists.com/companies/xylem/)*

**Industry:** Industrial
**R&D spend:** $0.22B
**Academic collaborations:** 58
**Patents:** 2,600

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