Press coverage Bluewater in the media Categories Archive 2019 2018 2020 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more INNOVATIVE WATERPOD LAUNCHED AS AFRICA’S FIRST AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER REFILL STATION March 12, 2019 | The Fox Magazine Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technologies and solutions, today announced the launch by South African partner I-Drop Water of an advanced self-service drinking water refill station called ‘Waterpod’. The result of almost four years of product development, testing and data gathered from across the length and breadth of Africa, Waterpod is the brainchild of I-Drop Water that has innovated a completely new way for affordable drinking water refills to be sold in retail environments across Africa and beyond. Read more PLASTIC BOTTLES CAN’T BE THE ONLY REPLACEMENT FOR CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER March 10, 2019 | Fast Company The water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, began in 2014 and persists to this day–and for many, was a wake-up call to the degraded state of public water infrastructure in the United States. As many as 12,000 children were exposed to lead, which will contribute to health issues throughout their lives. Read more IN FOCUS: BLUEWATER PRO 400 WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM March 4, 2019 | Catering Insight USA The Bluewater PRO 400 Water Purification System by Bluewater USA has been named as one of The National Restaurant Association’s top 25 Kitchen Innovations for 2019. Winning recipients will have addressed operator concerns covering labor, inventory management, cleanliness, energy and water efficiency, food safety, sanitation, cross-functionality and space-saving measures. Read more FILM SUSTAINABILITY TAKES A LEAP FORWARD March 1, 2019 | The Callsheet Sustainability takes a giant leap in the SA Film Industry with Bluewater Trailers. 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. Read more 1 … 7 8 9 … 16
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
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. Read more
INNOVATIVE WATERPOD LAUNCHED AS AFRICA’S FIRST AFFORDABLE DRINKING WATER REFILL STATION March 12, 2019 | The Fox Magazine Bluewater, a world leader in water purification technologies and solutions, today announced the launch by South African partner I-Drop Water of an advanced self-service drinking water refill station called ‘Waterpod’. The result of almost four years of product development, testing and data gathered from across the length and breadth of Africa, Waterpod is the brainchild of I-Drop Water that has innovated a completely new way for affordable drinking water refills to be sold in retail environments across Africa and beyond. Read more
PLASTIC BOTTLES CAN’T BE THE ONLY REPLACEMENT FOR CONTAMINATED DRINKING WATER March 10, 2019 | Fast Company The water contamination crisis in Flint, Michigan, began in 2014 and persists to this day–and for many, was a wake-up call to the degraded state of public water infrastructure in the United States. As many as 12,000 children were exposed to lead, which will contribute to health issues throughout their lives. Read more
IN FOCUS: BLUEWATER PRO 400 WATER PURIFICATION SYSTEM March 4, 2019 | Catering Insight USA The Bluewater PRO 400 Water Purification System by Bluewater USA has been named as one of The National Restaurant Association’s top 25 Kitchen Innovations for 2019. Winning recipients will have addressed operator concerns covering labor, inventory management, cleanliness, energy and water efficiency, food safety, sanitation, cross-functionality and space-saving measures. Read more
FILM SUSTAINABILITY TAKES A LEAP FORWARD March 1, 2019 | The Callsheet Sustainability takes a giant leap in the SA Film Industry with Bluewater Trailers. 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. Read more