BENGT RITTRI: FOUNDER & CHAIRMAN, BLUEWATER
July 3, 2018 | The Native Society
Bengt Rittri is a Swedish environmental entrepreneur who is committed to protecting and improving human and planetary health by helping to create a more sustainable future. A father of two children, Bengt believes having access to clean water and air is a basic human right, which is why he has made it a life mission to deliver consumers the world’s most efficient water purifiers.
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DRINKING WATER INNOVATION STARTUPS IN OVER 25 COUNTRIES RESPOND TO IMAGINE H2O’S URBAN DRINKING WATER CHALLENGE AHEAD OF DEADLINE
June 26, 2018 | Water Online
Founding Challenge partners Bluewater and 11th Hour Racing report diverse, global field of submitted solutions for Imagine H2O 2018 Urban Drinking Water Scarcity Challenge.
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MAKING A SPLASH: FIVE ‘WATERPRENEURS’ BRINGING TECH TO WATER
June 26, 2018 | NS Business
When people consider the applications of future technology, water is rarely the first thing to spring to mind. Yet a trifecta of humanitarian, economic and environmental needs appears to have opened a market for tech firms looking to improve access to clean, affordable and sustainably-produced water using software and hardware.
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OVER 90 STARTUPS TO COMPETE IN URBAN DRINKING WATER SCARCITY CHALLENGE
June 20, 2018 | Sustainable Brands
Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 6 calls for universal access to safe and affordable drinking water for all by 2030, but the planet’s growing population is a major challenge in the way of achieving it. The UN predicts a 40 percent shortfall in global water supply by 2030.
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AFRICA: BLUEWATER LAUNCHES $1 MILLION COMPETITION FOR INNOVATION IN WATER MANAGEMENT
June 15, 2018 | Afrik21
The Urban Drinking Water Scarcity Challenge, worth one million dollars launched by the Swedish company Bluewater, is intended to reward innovations in water management. The objective of such an initiative is to find a sustainable alternative to the problem of access to drinking water.
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WORLD OCEANS IN DEEPLY TROUBLED STATE DUE TO MICRO-PLASTICS POLLUTION, BUT SOLUTIONS EXIST, SAYS BLUEWATER
June 5, 2018 | Absolute Magazine
Bluewater, a world leader in clean drinking water technologies, today said human ingenuity and technology had the power to protect human health from the threat of micro plastics in a world that will see half a trillion plastic bottles produced a year by 2030.
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VILL FÅ FOLK ATT SLUTA MED VATTEN I PLAST
May 31, 2018 | Mitt i Stockholm
Under juni kommer det att finnas en ny slags vattenstation i Kista Galleria där man kan köpa filtrerat och smaksatt vatten som tappas i glasflaska. Syftet med pop up-stationen är att få folk att sluta köpa dricksvatten på plastflaska.
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ETT NYTT SÄTT ATT DRICKA VATTEN MED EN POP UP FÖR MILJÖN
May 31, 2018 | Citycon
Mellan den 7-17 juni kommer det att finnas en unik vattenstation i Kista Galleria, genom ett samarbete mellan Kista Galleria och Bluewater. Syftet är att erbjuda renare och godare dricksvatten och att få fler att skippa färdigförpackat och transporterat vatten i plastflaska.
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RACE TO RESILIENCY
May 24, 2018 | WQP Magazine
WQP Managing Editor Amy McIntosh asks partners from Imagine H2O, 11th Hour Racing, and Bluewater Group about the 2018 Urban Water Scarcity Challenge. In early May 2018, nominations opened for the 2018 Urban Water Scarcity Challenge, an initiative from partners Imagine H2O, 11th Hour Racing, and Bluewater Group with the goal of advancing resilient drinking water solutions for global cities.
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URBAN DRINKING WATER CHALLENGE 2018
May 17, 2018 | Technology.org
Imagine H2O’s Urban Water Scarcity Challenge 2018 will identify and deploy decentralized solutions for water-scarce cities and at-risk urban communities globally.
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