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Postretirement Benefit Plans (Details 9)
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2014
Dec. 31, 2013
Dec. 31, 2012
Compensation and Retirement Disclosure [Abstract]      
Expected long-term rate of return on plan assets 7.38%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostExpectedLongTermReturnOnAssets 7.40%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostExpectedLongTermReturnOnAssets 7.42%us-gaap_DefinedBenefitPlanAssumptionsUsedCalculatingNetPeriodicBenefitCostExpectedLongTermReturnOnAssets
Actual rate of return on plan assets 18.13%xyl_ActualRateOfReturnOnDefinedBenefitPlans 10.17%xyl_ActualRateOfReturnOnDefinedBenefitPlans 10.09%xyl_ActualRateOfReturnOnDefinedBenefitPlans