How One NY Company Is Solving Water

[Narrator] The water infrastructure system

in the United States is crumbling rapidly.

Over 240,00 water main breaks and untold pipe leaks

happen every year.

Plaguing the nearly century old water system

and costing US business and consumers

over $2.6 Billion in cleanup.

In 2017, America received a D+ infrastructure rating

by the American Society of Civil Engineers.

But one New York based company

is setting out to solve water.

Xylem, headquarter in Rye Brook, New York

is using artificial intelligence

to update the US's aging water system

and prevent leakage all together.

The problems of water infrastructure are escalating daily.

I would even say it's more stress now

than it was 10 years ago.

The big issue is what we term in the industry,

non revenue water.

[Narrator] Non revenue water

is water that has been produced

and is lost before it reaches the customer.

[Joe Vesey ] So the typical non revenue water leakage

in most US cities is between 20% and 30%.

[Narrator] Globally the annual value of that loss

is close to $14 billion.

If you think of the water scarcity

and water quality issues that we have,

there's something immoral about waste.

[Narrator] In a perfect world

the aging infrastructure would be replaced in it's entirety.

However experts estimate that this would cost

upwards of $1 trillion to achieve.

Xylem has an alternate solution.

A smart water infrastructure.

Utilizing artificial intelligence

to manage massive amounts of data,

Xylem is able to pinpoint critical events

that will lead to leakage earlier.

This tech replaces highly antiquated ways

of identifying water leaks.

[Jay Iyengar] Many times there's breakdowns that occurs,

where they have to actually have to send a crew

to go address it.

They have to dig a few places

to figure out where the leaks are coming from.

[Narrator] That's where next gen technology,

like visenti, developed by Xylem,

is using AI to change our aging water structure.

If your pumps could send back data that says,

I'm likely to fail in three months or two months,

you could deploy maintenance crews

to really fix those problems

before they became a much bigger issue.

[Jay Iyengar] Visenti technology

includes sensing technology

which is both the pressure sensor, acoustic sensors

build a hydrological model,

a digital twin of the water distribution system

And having that information,

collecting real time data from sensors,

we are able to pinpoint the location of the leak

in a very scientific way.

[Narrator] This breakthrough technology

is a result of strategic partnerships

with thousands of water experts all over the world.

With their goal to solve water globally,

Xylem HQ is strategically located in New York state.

We are a global company.

Our influences are around the world

but it's nice to have a center of gravity in New York.

We have access to great talent,

access to universities,

access to other technology companies,

and that has benefited us

to more easily meet and collaborate, to learn from them.

We don't have to do everything ourselves,

it's a matter of leveraging our external ecosystem.

It bevies Xylem greatly having our headquarters

here in New York.