Cutting-edge, smart water solutions are gaining traction with municipal water utilities, which see data and analytics as critical tools for overcoming the age-old issue of crumbling water infrastructure.

SPX Cooling Technologies, Overland Park, Kan., introduced the Recold Vector Adiabatic Cooling System for halocarbon refrigerant condensing or CO2 gas cooling applications in supermarket refrigeration systems.

Sionix Corp., Houston, Texas, opened the doors to its new water treatment facility located in Culbertson, Mont.

Ecolab Inc., St. Paul, Minn., changed the name of Nalco, its water and process services business, to Nalco Water to more clearly communicates the company’s water management expertise.

Aquionics, Erlanger, Ky.,introduced a newly upgraded PureLine PQ UV disinfection system for the dairy industry.

Smithfield Foods, Smithfield, Va., ranked No. 1 in water management among leading meat companies in a new report from Boston-based business sustainability organization Ceres.

Nestlé USA, Glendale, Calif., is investing $7 million to help reduce the amount of water it uses at the five water bottling plants and four facilities in California.

Ecolab, St. Paul, Minn., and Trucost Plc, New York, developed the Water Risk Monetizer, what is said to be the industry’s first financial modeling tool that enables businesses to factor water into decisions to for better and more responsible water use.

Goya Foods, Secaucus, N.J., opened four new state-of-the-art manufacturing, production and distribution facilities in Texas, Georgia, California and New Jersey, as part of a $250 million investment for a global expansion to support consumer demands of Goya's healthy product lines.

Kroff, Inc., a Pittsburgh, Pa.-based specialty chemical company focused on solutions for environmental, manufacturing and water treatment processes, expanded its service array with the launch of Kroff Food Services, Inc.