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BAN URGED ON SINGLE-USE PLASTIC BOTTLES

september 5, 2019 | The Cordova Times

Concerns over increased environmental pollution have prompted a call from a Swedish environmental entrepreneur for a global crackdown on single-use plastic bottles.

“The world’s oceans have been used as a dumping ground for plastic waste for the past six decades,” said Bengt Rittri, the founder of Bluewater, a leading water purification firm with global headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden. “The result is that microplastics are now found in the water we drink the food we eat and the air we breathe, which imperils the health of the planet and humanity.”

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FULL LIST OF SPEAKERS ANNOUNCED FOR FIRST OF THE OCEAN RACE SUMMITS IN GENOA, ITALY

augusti 28, 2019 | My Sailing.com

The Ocean Race Summits – an international series of events held by The Ocean Race – aims to bring together leaders from sport, business, politics and science to advance efforts to restore ocean health.

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START-UPS MEET THE URBAN WATER CHALLENGE

augusti 28, 2019 | Smart Cities World

Winners of the 2019 Imagine H20 challenge were announced at World Water Week in Stockholm and will deploy their solutions in cities in three continents.

Start-ups from Colombia, India and the US have been named the winners in the 2019 Imagine H2O Urban Water Challenge. The winning entries, WatchTower Robotics (USA), Indra Water (India) and Zilper Trenchless (Colombia), were announced at World Water Week in Stockholm, which runs until 30 August.

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THE OCEAN RACE SUMMITS

augusti 27, 2019 | Scuttlebutt Sailing News

The full speaker list has now been released for the first of The Ocean Race Summits, scheduled to take place in Genoa, Italy on September 20, 2019.

The Ocean Race Summits, an international series of events held by The Ocean Race, aims to bring together leaders from sport, business, politics and science to advance efforts to restore ocean health.

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GLOBAL 2019 URBAN WATER CHALLENGE PRIZE WINNERS ANNOUNCED AT WORLD WATER WEEK, STOCKHOLM

augusti 27, 2019 | My Social Good News

The 2019 Imagine H2O Urban Water Prize, founded by water tech innovator Bluewater and by 11th Hour Racing, was awarded to three prize winners from India, Colombia and Vietnam at an awards ceremony at the start of World Water Week in Stockholm, the Swedish capital, Monday evening.

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FINALISTS FOR 2019 URBAN WATER CHALLENGE ANNOUNCED

augusti 26, 2019 | Green Sports Alliance

Imagine H2O and Founding Partners 11th Hour Racing and Bluewater today announced the 2019 finalists of the Urban Water Challenge, a global deployment program for entrepreneurs reimagining a water-resilient future. More than 220 startups from 38 countries applied to the Challenge, representing a diverse range of innovative solutions to the global water crisis — from on-site pollution control to off-grid safe drinking water supply.

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SMARTERHOMES TECHNOLOGIES AMONG SIX FINALISTS IN URBAN WATER CHALLENGE GLOBAL INNOVATION COMPETITION

augusti 23, 2019 | The Hindu Business Line

Smarterhomes Technologies, a Bengaluru based utility automation company that provides smart water metering solutions, is one among the six finalists in the worldwide Urban Water Challenge, an annual global innovation competition that deploys and invests in scalable water solutions for tomorrow’s mega cities.

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BENGALURU BASED STARTUP FINALIST IN URBAN WATER CHALLENGE

augusti 22, 2019 | Economic Times

Bengaluru based Smarterhomes Technologies, a utility automation company that provides smart water metering solutions, is one among the six finalists in the worldwide Urban Water Challenge, an annual global innovation competition that deploys and invests in scalable water solutions for tomorrow’s megacities.

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BLUEWATER WATER PURIFIERS OFFER RAY OF HOPE TO AMERICANS WORRIED ABOUT LEAD IN THEIR DRINKING WATER

augusti 19, 2019 | Process Industry Match

As the Newark lead water crisis further underlines the problems besetting America’s tap water quality, water purification leader Bluewater has just said its high-performance, compact water purifiers offer a ray of hope to Americans fearful of what’s in their tap water.

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MEET THE ENTREPRENEURS REIMAGINING A WATER-RESILIENT FUTURE

augusti 14, 2019 | Medium

Urban communities are at the frontlines of the global water crisis. While Chennai grapples with a worsening water shortage, Day Zero has become a reality for a majority of the city’s 10 million residents. Cape Town averted the unthinkable in 2018, but conservation measures remain in place and long-term resilience uncertain. As recent as 2014, São Paulo, Latin America’s largest city, almost ran out of water. The pressures faced by cities will continue to build. By 2050, the UN estimates that an additional 2.5 billion people will be living in urban areas.

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