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    <periodOfReport>2024-05-18</periodOfReport>

    <notSubjectToSection16>false</notSubjectToSection16>

    <issuer>
        <issuerCik>0001524472</issuerCik>
        <issuerName>Xylem Inc.</issuerName>
        <issuerTradingSymbol>XYL</issuerTradingSymbol>
    </issuer>

    <reportingOwner>
        <reportingOwnerId>
            <rptOwnerCik>0001720147</rptOwnerCik>
            <rptOwnerName>Aulick Rodney</rptOwnerName>
        </reportingOwnerId>
        <reportingOwnerAddress>
            <rptOwnerStreet1>C/O XYLEM INC.</rptOwnerStreet1>
            <rptOwnerStreet2>301 WATER STREET SE</rptOwnerStreet2>
            <rptOwnerCity>WASHINGTON</rptOwnerCity>
            <rptOwnerState>DC</rptOwnerState>
            <rptOwnerZipCode>20003</rptOwnerZipCode>
            <rptOwnerStateDescription></rptOwnerStateDescription>
        </reportingOwnerAddress>
        <reportingOwnerRelationship>
            <isDirector>false</isDirector>
            <isOfficer>true</isOfficer>
            <isTenPercentOwner>false</isTenPercentOwner>
            <isOther>false</isOther>
            <officerTitle>SVP &amp; President, WSS</officerTitle>
            <otherText></otherText>
        </reportingOwnerRelationship>
    </reportingOwner>

    <aff10b5One>false</aff10b5One>

    <nonDerivativeTable>
        <nonDerivativeTransaction>
            <securityTitle>
                <value>Common Stock</value>
            </securityTitle>
            <transactionDate>
                <value>2024-05-18</value>
            </transactionDate>
            <deemedExecutionDate></deemedExecutionDate>
            <transactionCoding>
                <transactionFormType>4</transactionFormType>
                <transactionCode>F</transactionCode>
                <equitySwapInvolved>false</equitySwapInvolved>
            </transactionCoding>
            <transactionTimeliness></transactionTimeliness>
            <transactionAmounts>
                <transactionShares>
                    <value>4268.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F1"/>
                </transactionShares>
                <transactionPricePerShare>
                    <value>143.32</value>
                </transactionPricePerShare>
                <transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
                    <value>D</value>
                </transactionAcquiredDisposedCode>
            </transactionAmounts>
            <postTransactionAmounts>
                <sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
                    <value>77896.00</value>
                    <footnoteId id="F2"/>
                </sharesOwnedFollowingTransaction>
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        </nonDerivativeTransaction>
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    <derivativeTable></derivativeTable>

    <footnotes>
        <footnote id="F1">Reflects the withholding of shares of common stock to pay the tax liability incident to the vesting of: 1) restricted stock units granted on May 18, 2021 under the Evoqua Water Technologies 2017 Equity Plan (Evoqua Plan) that were converted to Xylem restricted stock units in connection with the Merger on May 24, 2023; and 2) performance share units granted on May 18, 2021 under the Evoqua Plan that were converted to Xylem restricted stock units in connection with the Merger on May 24, 2023.</footnote>
        <footnote id="F2">Includes additional shares due to dividend reinvestment.</footnote>
    </footnotes>

    <remarks></remarks>

    <ownerSignature>
        <signatureName>/s/ Seaneen Cline, by power of attorney for Rodney Aulick</signatureName>
        <signatureDate>2024-05-21</signatureDate>
    </ownerSignature>
</ownershipDocument>
