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Acquisitions	12 Months Ended
Acquisitions	Dec. 31, 2024
Business Combination, Asset Acquisition, and Joint Venture Formation [Abstract]
Acquisitions	Acquisitions 2024 Acquisitions During the fourth quarter of 2024, the Company acquired Pureit, a residential water purification business in South Asia, from Unilever for an aggregate purchase price of $124.6 million. The purchase price consists of an initial cash payment of $117.9 million upon the closing of the transaction and a separate payment of $6.7 million made under a transitional supply agreement with Unilever. Due to the close proximity of the acquisition date and the Company's filing of its annual report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2024, the initial accounting for the business combination is incomplete and is pending identification and measurement of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Therefore, the Company is unable to disclose the information required by ASC 805, Business Combinations. Such information will be included in the Company's subsequent Form 10-Q. At December 31, 2024, the purchase price allocated to Goodwill was $117.9 million and the payment of $6.7 million was included in Other current assets within the Company’s consolidated financial statements. The acquired company is included in the Rest of World segment. During the first quarter of 2024, the Company acquired a privately-held water treatment company. The Company paid an aggregate cash purchase price of $21.3 million, net of cash acquired. The Company also agreed to make contingent payments based on the amount by which sales of products increase over the next three years. The addition of the acquired company expanded the Company's water treatment footprint in North America. The acquired company is included in the North America segment. 2023 Acquisitions During the third quarter of 2023, the Company acquired a privately-held water treatment company. The Company paid an aggregate cash purchase price of $16.8 million, net of cash acquired. The addition of the acquired company expands the Company's water treatment platform. The acquired company is included in the North America segment. 2022 Acquisitions During the second quarter of 2022, the Company acquired a privately-held water treatment company. The Company paid an aggregate cash purchase price of $5.5 million, net of cash acquired. The addition of the company acquired expands the Company's water treatment platform and is included in the North America segment for reporting purposes. In addition, in the third quarter of 2022, the Company incurred $4.3 million of expenses and related income tax benefit of $1.1 million associated with a terminated acquisition. These expenses were related to the due diligence of a prospective acquisition target and recorded within selling, general and administrative expenses in the consolidated statement of earnings. As required under ASC 805, results of operations have been included in the Company’s consolidated financial statements from the date of acquisition.