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Segment Information
3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2018
Segment Reporting [Abstract]  
Segment Information Segment Information
Our business has three reportable segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water and Measurement & Control Solutions. When determining the reportable segments, the Company aggregated operating segments based on their similar economic and operating characteristics. The Water Infrastructure segment focuses on the transportation and treatment of water, offering a range of products including water and wastewater pumps, treatment equipment, and controls and systems. The Applied Water segment serves many of the primary uses of water and focuses on the residential, commercial and industrial markets. The Applied Water segment's major products include pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls and dispensing equipment. The Measurement & Control Solutions segment focuses on developing advanced technology solutions that enable intelligent use and conservation of critical water and energy resources as well as analytical instrumentation used in the testing of water. The Measurement & Control Solutions segment's major products include smart metering, networked communications, measurement and control technologies, critical infrastructure technologies, software and services including cloud-based analytics, remote monitoring and data management, leak detection and pressure monitoring solutions and testing equipment.
Additionally, we have Regional selling locations, which consist primarily of selling and marketing organizations and related support services, that offer products and services across our reportable segments. Corporate and other consists of corporate office expenses including compensation, benefits, occupancy, depreciation, and other administrative costs, as well as charges related to certain matters, such as environmental matters that are managed at a corporate level and are not included in the business segments in evaluating performance or allocating resources.


The accounting policies of each segment are the same as those described in the summary of significant accounting policies (see Note 1 in the 2017 Annual Report). The following tables contain financial information for each reportable segment:
 
Three Months Ended
 
March 31,
(in millions)
2018
 
2017
Revenue:
 
 
 
Water Infrastructure
$
480

 
$
419

Applied Water
366

 
333

Measurement & Control Solutions
371

 
319

Total
$
1,217

 
$
1,071

Operating Income:
 
 
 
Water Infrastructure
$
49

 
$
41

Applied Water
50

 
36

Measurement & Control Solutions
33

 
25

Corporate and other
(19
)
 
(16
)
Total operating income
$
113

 
$
86

Interest expense
$
21

 
20

Other non-operating expense, net
3

 
(1
)
Gain from sale of business

 
5

Income before taxes
$
95

 
$
70

Depreciation and Amortization:
 
 
 
Water Infrastructure
$
17

 
$
16

Applied Water
5

 
6

Measurement & Control Solutions
37

 
31

Regional selling locations (a)
5

 
4

Corporate and other
3

 
2

Total
$
67

 
$
59

Capital Expenditures:
 
 
 
Water Infrastructure
$
23

 
$
14

Applied Water
9

 
7

Measurement & Control Solutions
24

 
15

Regional selling locations (b)
5

 
4

Corporate and other

 
3

Total
$
61

 
$
43

(a)
Depreciation and amortization expense incurred by the Regional selling locations was included in an overall allocation of Regional selling location costs to the segments; however, a certain portion of that expense was not specifically identified to a segment. That expense is captured in this Regional selling location line.
(b)
Represents capital expenditures incurred by the Regional selling locations not allocated to the segments.
The following table contains the total assets for each reportable segment: 
(in millions)
March 31,
2018
 
December 31,
2017
Water Infrastructure
$
1,252

 
$
1,232

Applied Water
1,042

 
1,002

Measurement & Control Solutions
3,752

 
3,198

Regional selling locations (a)
1,115

 
1,119

Corporate and other (b)
189

 
309

Total
$
7,350

 
$
6,860


(a)
The Regional selling locations have assets that consist primarily of cash, accounts receivable and inventory which are not allocated to the segments.
(b)
Corporate and other consists of items pertaining to our corporate headquarters function, which principally consist of cash, deferred tax assets, pension assets and certain property, plant and equipment.