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Bluewater in the media

CLEANING UP OUR SEAS: WHAT SAILORS CAN DO TO HELP

April 16, 2019 | Yachting World

We need to clean up our oceans. Biologist Anna Turns investigates the global scale of plastic pollution, while Toby Hodges looks at how the top sailors and event organisers are leading the charge for change.

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BLUEWATER DEVELOPS UNIQUE DRINKING WATER SOLUTIONS FOR AFRICAN MINERS

April 16, 2019 | African Eye Report

An innovative new mobile water station has been developed by Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technology and solutions, to provide safe drinking water for remote workforces in the African mining sector.

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BLUEWATER OFFERS MINING INDUSTRY QUALITY

April 16, 2019 | Business Ghana

Unique Drinking Water Solutions Provide Mining Industry Better Water Quality, Improved Bottom Line And Enhanced Environmental Performance

An innovative new mobile water station has been developed by Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technology and solutions, to provide safe drinking water for remote workforces in the African mining sector.

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UNIQUE DRINKING WATER SOLUTIONS PROVIDE MINING INDUSTRY WITH BETTER WATER QUALITY, IMPROVED BOTTOM LINE AND ENHANCED ENVIRONMENTAL PERFORMANCE

April 15, 2019 | Engineering News

An innovative new mobile water station has been developed to provide safe drinking water for remote workforces in the mining sector – improving water quality and worker satisfaction, cutting costs and spurring improved environmental performance by slashing the need for costly single-use plastic bottles.

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VOLVO OCEAN RACE: KEEPING IT CLEAN

April 3, 2019 | Gaia Discovery

The Volvo Ocean Race sees some of the most technically advanced sailboats compete over 83,000 kilometres around the world, using just wind for power. At sea, competitors see a lot of deep-sea pollution – so they are doing their bit to reduce consumption.

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NONPROFITS JOIN HANDS WITH INVESTMENT FIRM TO TACKLE WATER ISSUES

March 25, 2019 | Penta | Barron’s

In honor of the United Nations World Water Day on March 22, two U.S. nonprofit organizations and a Swedish private investment firm announced their second annual “Urban Water Challenge,” which, with up to US$1 million in pilot funding, will empower entrepreneurs to deploy innovative water technologies globally.

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WATER TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES: SEVEN START-UPS BRINGING TECH TO THE TAP

March 22, 2019 | NS Business

Water technology companies are increasing access to water, monitoring leaks and enabling communities to identify contamination in the supply before it becomes a catastrophe.

In the United States alone, the average household wastes a trillion gallons of water each year, according to the Environmental Protection Agency – but a new wave of technology companies are trying to fix a statistic that should cause concern.

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CELEBRATING WORLD WATER DAY, BLUEWATER AND 11TH HOUR RACING ANNOUNCE ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR 2ND ANNUAL URBAN WATER CHALLENGE

March 22, 2019 | My Social Good News

Bluewater and 11th Hour Racing today announced the second annual Urban Water Challenge, a global innovation competition that empowers entrepreneurs to deploy water technologies within fast-growing cities globally.

Offering one million dollars in awards funding and investment, the Challenge is aimed at promoting human ingenuity to tackle urban water threats.

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SUSTAINABILITY TAKES A GIANT LEAP FORWARD IN THE SA FILM INDUSTRY WITH BLUEWATER TRAILERS

March 19, 2019 | Screen Africa

Film Afrika, one of South Africa’s leading television and film production and servicing companies, is pioneering the move towards environmental sustainability by using Bluewater Trailers on the set of Raised By Wolves, TNT’s highly-anticipated serialised sci-fi series from master storyteller and filmmaker Ridley Scott (The Martian, Blade Runner, Alien: Covenant), which marks his television directorial debut. The series is currently in production in the Western Cape.

The Bluewater Trailers are keeping the 400-strong crew hydrated through the peak of the South African summer, and – since December – have already eliminated the use of almost 50 000 single-use plastic water bottles on set. Throughout the duration of the production it’s estimated that the Bluewater Trailers could reduce single-use plastic waste by up to 581 818 bottles, while significantly lowering the drinking water cost to the production company.

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DENVER STARTUP FLOWATER ATTEMPTING TO REINVENT THE WATER COOLER, MINUS THE PLASTIC BOTTLE

March 18, 2019 | The Denver Post

Make room Deep Rock and Eldorado Natural Spring Water. FloWater, a Denver startup, is pushing to get its fill in a thirsty U.S. market expected to reach 6.8 million water coolers by next year.

Modern water coolers have moved far beyond stands holding big plastic jugs that make odd noises as air bubbles move through them. Skip the gossip, today’s coolers are intricately designed machines producing purified and tasty water.

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