Since the beginning of 2014 Xylem Watermark, has committed to 15 projects providing clean water and hygiene education to communities in Gujarat. With the addition of Sokhada project Xylem announces the successful completion of five projects in 2014, namely Bahi village, Dhantej village, Aral village and Bakrol village.
The completion of these projects was celebrated by yet another first - handing over of an aqua tower to the school children of these five villages. The children were also educated on daily hygiene and sanitation needs which conducted by the volunteers from Xylem India. The Aqua Tower will benefit approximately 5,000 people including school children, teachers, in addition to the villagers in an around these five villages.
Commenting on the occasion, Mr. H. Balasubramaniam, Managing Director, Xylem India said, “At Xylem, we are committed to supporting and improving the lives of people by providing sustainable access to clean water and creating shared value for our businesses. Xylem India takes a flexible, creative, cost effective, low maintenance and results-oriented approach to supporting the villagers by developing and providing solutions to ones water needs. Our objective is to maintain the values and standards of Xylem while touching the lives of villagers across the country. We dedicate the Sokhada village project to our late Chief Technology Officer, Mr. Peter Olive who passed away last year.”
Also present on the occasion, Ms. Shobha Nair, General Manager, Corporate Communications & Customer Service, Xylem Water Solutions India, said, “Xylem Watermark has improved the lives of thousands of people in West Bengal, Bihar, Karnataka & Gujarat through its corporate philanthropy program "Watermark" which aims to provide safe water, sanitation and hygiene education. Over 303 primary schools and 2, 41,151 villagers across West Bengal and Bihar while over 24 schools and over 60000 villagers across Gujarat and Karnataka have benefited through the Xylem Watermark projects till date. More than 150 Xylem employees from locations across India have helped to construct these towers, where each tower provides 10,000 liters of clean, filtered water everyday.”
About Xylem
Xylem (XYL) is a leading global water technology provider, enabling customers to transport, treat, test and efficiently use water in public utility, residential and commercial building services, industrial and agricultural settings. The company does business in more than 150 countries through a number of market-leading product brands, and its people bring broad applications expertise with a strong focus on finding local solutions to the world’s most challenging water and wastewater problems. Xylem is headquartered in Rye Brook, N.Y., with 2013 revenues of $3.8 billion and more than 12,500 employees worldwide. Xylem was named to the Dow Jones Sustainability World Index for the last two years for advancing sustainable business practices and solutions worldwide.
The name Xylem is derived from classical Greek and is the tissue that transports water in plants, highlighting the engineering efficiency of our water-centric business by linking it with the best water transportation of all -- that which occurs in nature. For more information, please visit us at www.xyleminc.com.
About Xylem Watermark
Launched in August 2008, Xylem Watermark’s mission is to provide and protect safe water resources in communities around the world. To accomplish this goal, the Watermark program pledged an initial $4 million over three years (2008-2010) to three nonprofit partners: Water For People, China Women’s Development Foundation and Mercy Corps. From 2008 to 2010, Watermark surpassed its goal to reach 500,000 people with clean water and sanitation solutions, and then in 2010 committed to reaching one million more people by 2013 through school and community water projects, disaster risk reduction and disaster relief efforts. For more information, visit www.xylemwatermark.com.
Media Contact Details: Tom Glover, Xylem Inc., ,+1-914-323-5891 , tom.glover@xyleminc.com , Shobha Nair , India media Xylem Inc., ,+91 (266) 7265920
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