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Restructuring Charges (Tables) | 9 Months Ended
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Sep. 30, 2015
Restructuring and Related Activities [Abstract] |
Components of restructuring and asset impairment charges | The following table presents the components of restructuring expense for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014.
| Three Months Ended |  | Nine Months Ended
| September 30, |  | September 30,
(in millions) | 2015 |  | 2014 |  | 2015 |  | 2014
By component: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Severance and other charges | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 6 |  |  | $ | 18 |
Reversal of restructuring accruals | — |  |  | — |  |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Total restructuring charges | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 18 |
By segment: |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Water Infrastructure | $ | 1 |  |  | $ | — |  |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 12 |
Applied Water | — |  |  | — |  |  | — |  |  | 6 |
Restructuring Accruals | The following table displays a rollforward of the restructuring accruals, presented on our Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets within accrued and other current liabilities, as of September 30, 2015 and 2014.
(in millions) |  | 2015 |  | 2014
Restructuring accruals - January 1 |  | $ | 12 |  |  | $ | 13 |
Restructuring charges |  | 5 |  |  | 18 |
Cash payments |  | (11 | ) |  | (20 | )
Foreign currency and other |  | (1 | ) |  | — |
Restructuring accruals - September 30 |  | $ | 5 |  |  | $ | 11 |
By segment: |  |  |  |
Water Infrastructure |  | $ | 2 |  |  | $ | 6 |
Applied Water |  | — |  |  | 2 |
Regional selling locations (a) |  | 3 |  |  | 3 |
(a) | Regional selling locations consist primarily of selling and marketing organizations that incurred restructuring expense which was allocated to the segments. The liabilities associated with restructuring expense were not allocated to the segments.
Planned Employee Reductions Associated with Restructuring | The following is a rollforward for the nine months ended September 30, 2015 and 2014 of employee position eliminations associated with restructuring activities.
|  | 2015 |  | 2014
Planned reductions - January 1 |  | 133 |  |  | 51 |
Additional planned reductions |  | 87 |  |  | 233 |
Actual reductions |  | (120 | ) |  | (206 | )
Planned reductions - September 30 |  | 100 |  |  | 78 |

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