Colin Sabol's keynote delivered at WATEC 2013 in Tel Aviv, Israel. Focuses on the importance of making cities more resilient to flooding and drought. Also describes how Xylem is helping cities improve the efficiency of their water infrastructure.

1. Colin Sabol
SVP, Chief Strategy & Growth Officer
@ColinSabol
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3. Hurricane Sandy devastated the entire east
coast of the United States – causing severe
flooding and damage, as well as considerable
loss of life.
This impact has made disaster planning a
major priority in New York and other cities
around the globe.

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5. Two of the largest challenges facing
our industry:
Urban Resilience – helping cities
become more resilient to flooding
and drought
Water Efficiency – helping cities
improve their water system efficiency

6. Population Growth
Flood and Drought
Climate Change
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7. By 2050 – 75% of the worlds population will live in cities.
Population growth, coupled with the effects of climate
change, magnify the effects of flooding & drought on our cities.
Flooding is the more destructive threat, affecting more than 200
million people in 2012 and causing $40B
in losses.
Drought is the second biggest disaster affecting cities… impacting
energy, food, and industrial production.
Addressing flooding & drought requires investments of more than
$100 billion annually.

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9. Often, more
than 30% of water is lost during the water cycle
before it’s delivered where it’s needed, leaking both liters AND
kilowatts in the process.
In the next 20 years, nearly $700 billion is needed to upgrade the
water and wastewater infrastructure in the US alone.
In addition, the UN
estimates that the total annual spending on
water infrastructure by developing countries must double, to $180
billion.
In Xylem’s Value of Water Index survey, nearly 90% of
said that water infrastructure in the U.S. needs reform
Americans

10. Improve Water System Efficiency
Become Resilient to Flooding and Drought
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11. Xylem is a $3.8 billion company operating in more than 150 countries.
We span the entire water cycle. This breadth and depth provides
us with a powerful value proposition: to provide comprehensive, water
solutions to our customers around the globe.
Our experience enables us to create solutions that are smarter,
more effective and more efficient. Today we are applying
these solutions to strengthen our cities.
In particular, we are focused on helping cities improve their water
system efficiency & become more resilient to flooding &
drought

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13. Water System Efficiency
Most of you know PUB for its successful water reuse program –
focused on creating ‘new water.’ Xylem has been working with PUB
to make ‘new water’ – ‘smart water’.
Working with PUB and our partner, Visenti, we are implementing an
end-to-end, real-time monitoring solution to help manage energy
consumption, water quality and leakage detection.
Our state-of-art technology and data analysis are helping identify
issues like leaking pipes and contaminated water and also
provide insight into demand and consumption to optimize water
operations and usage.

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15. Urban resiliency…resiliency to flooding, in particular.
Our approach focuses on three areas:
• Early warning systems: Using weather and tidal change data to
improve disaster forecasts
• Preparation: Pre-deploying equipment and resources to handle an
imminent event
• Planning: Working with urban planners and community leaders to
build the physical and social infrastructure needed to reduce risk
Our breadth and depth of experience across the water cycle enabled us
to provide a comprehensive approach to Sandy that helped
thousands of people and businesses.

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17. As water leaders, we have the power to help the world
address the growing water challenges we face.
The power to partner with innovators and governments.. to push
boundaries, and to build smarter and more efficient water
systems.
The power to help our communities become more resilient to
major disasters
The power to help build a world where water is safer and more
abundant… and build a brighter future for our children, and for
children around the world.

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