THIS ISLAND’S “WATER MICROGRID” IS SAVING ITS AQUIFER FROM TOURISTS
August 27, 2018 | Fast Company
Bluewater is making Baltic Sea water drinkable for visitors to the tiny Swedish island of Sandhamn–and helping other water-strapped communities thrive. Though the island is home to only around 90 full-time residents, 600,000 vacationers flock to the tiny outpost, which some call the “Swedish Hamptons,” each year. And that influx puts an unbearable strain on the island’s water systems.
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INNOVATION WILL PERMEATE THE DIALOGUE AT STOCKHOLM WORLD WATER WEEK
August 24, 2018 | GreenBiz
In the water sector, business as usual is finally giving way to innovation — not just technology innovation but innovation in partnerships, financing and business models. This is evident in the planned program for the 2018 Stockholm World Water Week (SWWW), which runs Aug. 26-31. A first for SWWW this year is the highlight on Imagine H2O’s 2018 Urban Drinking Water Challenge.
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INDIAN STARTUP WINS ‘URBAN DRINKING WATER GLOBAL CHALLENGE 2018’
August 24, 2018 | buisnessnewstrends.blogspot.com
The 2018 winners of the Urban Drinking Water Challenge, a global innovation competition to deploy and scale decentralized drinking water solutions for fast-growing, water-scarce cities, were announced by Imagine H2O and Founding Partners Bluewater Group and 11th Hour Racing.
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8 PRACTICAL HOME TOOLS DESIGNED FOR TASKS OF NECESSITY
August 20, 2018 | Design Milk
There are certain practical appliances, tools, and technologies we all keep around the house not because we necessarily love them, but because we recognize we need them – objects of a pragmatic nature that easily become eyesores because generally aesthetic considerations are deemed secondary.
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BALTIC SEA PROVIDES CLEAN DRINKING WATER FOR SWEDISH HOLIDAY ISLAND DURING SUMMER DROUGHT USING NEW TECH
August 20, 2018 | NS Business
Water purification technology developed by Stockholm company Bluewater has been adopted in Sandhamn to provide clean drinking water sourced from the Baltic Sea during the summer, when 600,000 people flock to the island in East Sweden.
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BALTIC SEA CAN PROVIDE CLEAN DRINKING WATER USING NEW TECH
August 20, 2018 | The Baltic World
Water purification technology developed by Stockholm company Bluewater has been adopted in Sandhamn to provide clean drinking water sourced from the Baltic Sea during the summer, when 600,000 people flock to the island in East Sweden.
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WATER INTELLIGENCE STARTUP ‘SMARTTERRA’ WINS GLOBAL INNOVATION COMPETITION
August 20, 2018 | Techiexpert.com
The winners for 2018 that is ‘Urban Drinking Water Challenge’ which is a global innovation competition to deploy and scale decentralized drinking water solution for the fast-growing were announced by the Founding partner Bluewater Group and 11th Hour Racing.
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BANGALORE-BASED WATER INTELLIGENCE STARTUP ‘SMARTTERRA’ WINS GLOBAL INNOVATION COMPETITION
August 18, 2018 | Inventiva
The 2018 winners of the ‘Urban Drinking Water Challenge’ (UDWC), a global innovation competition to deploy and scale decentralised drinking water solutions for fast-growing, water-scarce cities, were announced by Imagine H2O and Founding Partners Bluewater Group and 11th Hour Racing.
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BALTIC SEA WATER TO THE RESCUE OF DROUGHT-HIT ISLANDS IN STOCKHOLM ARCHIPELAGO
August 17, 2018 | My Social Good News
Is Baltic sea water the new gold? Can the sea water become the lifeline for the drought-threatened hundreds of thousands of people who live along the Baltic coast or each summer visit the hundreds of archipelago islands? The answer to the above questions is a likely yes, thanks to world-leading Swedish technology being used in a unique project on the island of Sandhamn designed to help save the island’s threatened water reserves and tourism-driven economy.
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ÖSTERSJÖN KAN RÄDDA SANDHAMNS HOTANDE DRICKSVATTENBRIST
August 17, 2018 | Byggastockholm.se
Klimatförändringarna och den pågående värmeböljan hotar att göra Stockholms skärgårds 200 bebodda öar utan dricksvatten. Därför har Bluewater, tillsammans med Värmdö kommun och KSSS, initierat ett projekt för att skapa rent dricksvatten direkt från Östersjön på Sandhamn.
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