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Income Taxes (Details Textual) (USD $)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Dec. 31, 2011
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]        
Valuation allowance $ 427,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance $ 349,000,000us-gaap_DeferredTaxAssetsValuationAllowance    
Deferred tax liability 8,000,000xyl_DeferredTaxLiabilityExcessofFinancialReportingOverTaxBasisofInvestments      
Excess of financial reporting over the tax basis of investments not reinvested 65,000,000xyl_ExcessOfFinancialReportingOverTaxBasisOfInvestmentsNotReinvested      
Excess of financial reporting over the tax basis of investments to be reinvested 1,900,000,000xyl_ExcessOfFinancialReportingOverTaxBasisOfInvestmentsToBeReinvested      
Total income tax provision 84,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 70,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit 91,000,000us-gaap_IncomeTaxExpenseBenefit  
Effective income tax rate 19.80%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 23.50%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations 23.40%us-gaap_EffectiveIncomeTaxRateContinuingOperations  
Unrecognized tax benefits 44,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 30,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 8,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate 5,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsThatWouldImpactEffectiveTaxRate
Interest accrued for unrecognized tax benefits 1,000,000us-gaap_UnrecognizedTaxBenefitsInterestOnIncomeTaxesAccrued      
ITT [Member]        
Income Taxes (Textual) [Abstract]        
Income Taxes, Amount Owed to Related Party, Pursuant to Agreement $ 7,000,000xyl_IncomeTaxesAmountOwedtoRelatedPartyPursuanttoAgreement
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