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SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (Tables)

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2025

Accounting Policies [Abstract]

Schedule of Property, Plant, and Equipment, Useful Life

Depreciation of property, plant and equipment is calculated on a straight line basis over the following estimated useful lives:

Land improvement and buildings			10 - 40 years
Machinery and equipment			5 - 10 years
Software			3 - 7 years
Furniture and fixtures			3 - 7 years

Schedule Of Finite Lived Intangible Assets, Useful Life

The estimated useful lives over which each intangible class is amortized is as follows:

Customer relationships			8 - 20 years
Patents			17 years
Technology			15 years
Trade names			5 - 20 years
Other			5 - 8 years

Reconciliation of Revenue from Segments to Consolidated

The following table disaggregates the Company's net sales from contracts with customers by segment:

Net Sales
(In millions)			2025						2024						2023
Water Systems
External sales
United States & Canada			$	607.9					$	586.6					$	636.0
Latin America			204.7						170.9						174.2
Europe, Middle East & Africa			218.1						211.4						198.3
Asia Pacific			100.9						93.2						86.8
Intersegment sales
United States & Canada			124.8						121.9						108.4
Total sales			1,256.4						1,184.0						1,203.7
Distribution
External sales
United States & Canada			700.7						685.5						673.3
Total sales			700.7						685.5						673.3
Energy Systems
External sales
United States & Canada			229.0						212.4						220.9
All other			70.0						61.3						75.6
Total sales			299.0						273.7						296.5
Intersegment Eliminations/Other			(124.8)						(121.9)						(108.4)
Consolidated			$	2,131.3					$	2,021.3					$	2,065.1

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Tabular disclosure of physical assets used in the normal conduct of business and not intended for resale. Includes, but is not limited to, balances by class of assets, depreciation and depletion expense and method used, including composite depreciation, and accumulated deprecation.

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