Solving Water: A Xylem Podcast

Kristel Zaman, Senior Manager, Flygt Products, and Daniel Barton, Xylem Monitoring & Controls Regional Product Manager, break down how smart water utilities are incorporating monitoring and controls in their water pump and management systems to help save on operating costs and labor. Recorded live at WEFTEC 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
Learn more about monitoring and controls solutions: https://www.xylem.com/en-US/products-services/pumps-packaged-pump-systems/monitoring-control-equipment/

Dave Stover, Market Development Manager for Turbine Products at Xylem, explains the challenges of irrigation and water scarcity facing today’s farmers and how variable frequency drives (VFDs) are helping to provide efficient solutions for a variety of applications in different regions and geographies across the country.
Learn more about irrigation solutions at http://goulds.com/irrigation-products/

Kevin Flis, Xylem Business Development Manager, and Lucinda Jooste, Wedeco Senior Sales Engineer, join the show to discuss the global movement toward water reuse as a primary solution to the world’s water scarcity issues. Flis and Jooste also share insights on the impact of climate change and areas of the world such as South Africa that have successfully implemented water reuse programs. Recorded live at WEFTEC 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
Learn more: https://www.xylem.com/en-us/solutions/municipal-water-wastewater/reuse/

Host Kyle DelPiano is joined by Mike Licastro, Training & Education Manager for Xylem Bell & Gossett, to discuss the upgrades made to the newly renovated Little Red Schoolhouse, which has led the industry in hydronic and steam system design, education and training since opening in 1954. Licastro and DelPiano break down the value of hands-on training for engineers and HVAC industry professionals and how today’s technology is changing the way education is offered.
Learn more about the Little Red Schoolhouse at https://bellgossettmarketing.com/schoolhouse/
Video: An overview of the Little Red Schoolhouse renovations: https://youtu.be/WFntld5Ib-w

Jay Johnson, Treatment Product Manager, North America, and Jim Fischer, Mixing Solutions Manager, North America, sit down to discuss Flygt adaptive mixing technology and how it can deliver meaningful impact to the bottom line and environmental goals for water and wastewater treatment facilities. Recorded live at WEFTEC 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
Learn more about Flygt Adaptive Mixers: https://www.xylem.com/en-us/brands/flygt/flygt-adaptive-mixers-review/

Susan O’Grady, Director of Marketing, Residential and Agriculture, for Xylem joins the show to discuss how she has made Xylem Watermark – the corporate citizenship program that provides and protects safe water resources in communities around the world while educating people about water issues – a major focus through her everyday work and nonprofit partnerships. O’Grady also discusses her passion for volunteering, recent projects that have brought clean water to areas in need around the United States, and more.
Learn more about Xylem Watermark: https://www.xylem.com/en-us/watermark/
Watch recent project overviews: https://www.youtube.com/user/GouldsWaterTech/videos

Kristel Zaman, Senior Manager, Flygt Products, and Asad Choudry, Business Development Manager for Flygt, join Through the Water Cycle to discuss effective stormwater management, flood mitigation and resiliency, and share some recent success stories from the field from local municipalities and water utilities around the United States. Recorded live at WEFTEC 2019 in Chicago, Illinois.
Learn more about flooding and stormwater solutions from Xylem: https://www.xylem.com/en-US/solutions/municipal-water-wastewater/stormwater-flooding/

Host Kyle DelPiano welcomes HVAC consultant Bill Knight to discuss Knight’s recent research study on the effectiveness of HVAC systems using a 30-year life cycle cost analysis. DelPiano and Knight break down the study, which focused on factors such as energy use, initial cost, maintenance and life expectancy for a variety of basic HVAC system types.
Learn more at http://bellgossett.com/
About the host:
Kyle DelPiano is the business development manager for the Commercial Building Systems (CBS) market for Xylem, Inc. He is a graduate of Auburn University with a bachelor of science degree in polymer and fiber engineering, concentration in mechanics.

Margaret Martens, Executive Director of the Water Systems Council and Program Director of the Water Well Trust, shares the vital importance and need for clean, safe water in the United States, and how the two distinct nonprofit organizations she oversees work to bring awareness, resources and ultimately clean water access to Americans by use of private water wells and small, shared wells. Martens explains the scope of domestic water issues today, the number of Americans who do not have access to clean drinking water and how the Water Systems Council and Water Well Trust together and separately work to ensure a clean water supply for all Americans.
Learn more about the Water Systems Council: https://www.watersystemscouncil.org/
Learn more about the Water Well Trust: https://www.watersystemscouncil.org/about-wsc/water-well-trust/

Host Kyle DelPiano is joined by Norman Hall, VP of strategic solutions for Bell & Gossett representative R.L. Deppmann in Detroit. Author of the popular weekly blog, Monday Morning Minutes, Hall delves into his in-depth knowledge of the hydronics industry and system design to discuss the importance of domestic pressure boosters, how they fit into commercial hydronics systems and more.