Bluewater i media Kategorier Arkiv 2019 2018 2020 THE OCEAN RACE PARTNERS WITH BLUEWATER april 26, 2019 | Action Sports Connection The Ocean Race will partner with pure water provider Bluewater in a bid to reduce global reliance on single-use plastics. The new programme of work, with Bluewater as the official drinking water provider of The Ocean Race, will also explore ways education and science can help advance our understanding of the long-term effects of plastic pollution. Läs mer LOOK, NO PLASTIC! HOW A SWEDISH COMPANY IS PROVIDING FRESH DRINKING WATER FROM THE BALTIC SEA april 25, 2019 | Forbes After relatively little snow and rainfall for over two years, Sweden, a country with 100,000 lakes, is tinder dry. Forest fires have been raging in parts of southern Sweden since before the Easter weekend. For the inhabitants of the 30,000 islands of the Stockholm archipelago, the warm dry Spring is a worrying sign that water may be scarce again this summer, the old aquifers and wells on the islands no longer able to cope with the growing demands posed by increasing numbers of visitors and hotter, drier summers. Läs mer FROM LANGA TO LONDON: TWO CAPE TOWN TEENAGERS ENJOY THE TRIP OF A LIFE TIME april 24, 2019 | Good Things Guy Sipumle Ntlako and Lisachanya Mtumtum from Langa enjoyed the trip of a lifetime after their essays offering solutions for water conservation won them tickets to a Manchester United football game. The teenagers experienced the thrill of attending a match at the famous Old Trafford stadium, stayed in a hotel and saw the sights of Manchester, thanks to a Swedish businessman who believes in the power of dreams. Both teenagers say their eyes were opened to new possibilities. Läs mer 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. The hydration stations improve water quality and worker satisfaction, cutting costs and spurring improved environmental performance by slashing the need for costly single-use plastic bottles. Läs mer 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. The hydration stations improve water quality and worker satisfaction, cutting costs and spurring improved environmental performance by slashing the need for costly single-use plastic bottles. Läs mer 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. “Unique hydration stations from Bluewater offer tangible benefits to mining operators where providing drinking water can be logistically challenging and costly,” said James Steere, Bluewater Africa Operations Director. Läs mer 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. Puerto de Alicante , Spain. 2 April 2019. Sailor Dee Cafari, says that in the time she has been racing sailboats around the world, she has seen many changes in the oceans. “I’ve seen the horrible reality of plastic pollution. There is an issue, and we can do something about it,” she adds. “If we can raise awareness and get everybody to change the way they think and act even a little bit, we can have a huge impact.” Läs mer NONPROFITS JOIN HANDS WITH INVESTMENT FIRM TO TACKLE WATER ISSUES mars 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. The companies involved include 11th Hour Racing, a nonprofit that’s part of the Schmidt Family Foundation, founded by Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Google, and his wife, Wendy; San Francisco, Calif.-based nonprofit Imagine H2O; and Bluewater, part of Stockholm-based global investment company Blue. Läs mer CELEBRATING WORLD WATER DAY, BLUEWATER AND 11TH HOUR RACING ANNOUNCE ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR 2ND ANNUAL URBAN WATER CHALLENGE mars 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. The Founding Partners of the Challenge, Bluewater and 11th Hour Racing, collectively committed up to $1,000,000 in pilot award funding and investment opportunities to jumpstart and scale innovative water solutions. Läs mer WATER TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES: SEVEN START-UPS BRINGING TECH TO THE TAP mars 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. Läs mer 1 … 6 7 8 … 16
THE OCEAN RACE PARTNERS WITH BLUEWATER april 26, 2019 | Action Sports Connection The Ocean Race will partner with pure water provider Bluewater in a bid to reduce global reliance on single-use plastics. The new programme of work, with Bluewater as the official drinking water provider of The Ocean Race, will also explore ways education and science can help advance our understanding of the long-term effects of plastic pollution. Läs mer
LOOK, NO PLASTIC! HOW A SWEDISH COMPANY IS PROVIDING FRESH DRINKING WATER FROM THE BALTIC SEA april 25, 2019 | Forbes After relatively little snow and rainfall for over two years, Sweden, a country with 100,000 lakes, is tinder dry. Forest fires have been raging in parts of southern Sweden since before the Easter weekend. For the inhabitants of the 30,000 islands of the Stockholm archipelago, the warm dry Spring is a worrying sign that water may be scarce again this summer, the old aquifers and wells on the islands no longer able to cope with the growing demands posed by increasing numbers of visitors and hotter, drier summers. Läs mer
FROM LANGA TO LONDON: TWO CAPE TOWN TEENAGERS ENJOY THE TRIP OF A LIFE TIME april 24, 2019 | Good Things Guy Sipumle Ntlako and Lisachanya Mtumtum from Langa enjoyed the trip of a lifetime after their essays offering solutions for water conservation won them tickets to a Manchester United football game. The teenagers experienced the thrill of attending a match at the famous Old Trafford stadium, stayed in a hotel and saw the sights of Manchester, thanks to a Swedish businessman who believes in the power of dreams. Both teenagers say their eyes were opened to new possibilities. Läs mer
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. The hydration stations improve water quality and worker satisfaction, cutting costs and spurring improved environmental performance by slashing the need for costly single-use plastic bottles. Läs mer
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. The hydration stations improve water quality and worker satisfaction, cutting costs and spurring improved environmental performance by slashing the need for costly single-use plastic bottles. Läs mer
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. “Unique hydration stations from Bluewater offer tangible benefits to mining operators where providing drinking water can be logistically challenging and costly,” said James Steere, Bluewater Africa Operations Director. Läs mer
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. Puerto de Alicante , Spain. 2 April 2019. Sailor Dee Cafari, says that in the time she has been racing sailboats around the world, she has seen many changes in the oceans. “I’ve seen the horrible reality of plastic pollution. There is an issue, and we can do something about it,” she adds. “If we can raise awareness and get everybody to change the way they think and act even a little bit, we can have a huge impact.” Läs mer
NONPROFITS JOIN HANDS WITH INVESTMENT FIRM TO TACKLE WATER ISSUES mars 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. The companies involved include 11th Hour Racing, a nonprofit that’s part of the Schmidt Family Foundation, founded by Eric Schmidt, former executive chairman of Google, and his wife, Wendy; San Francisco, Calif.-based nonprofit Imagine H2O; and Bluewater, part of Stockholm-based global investment company Blue. Läs mer
CELEBRATING WORLD WATER DAY, BLUEWATER AND 11TH HOUR RACING ANNOUNCE ONE-MILLION-DOLLAR 2ND ANNUAL URBAN WATER CHALLENGE mars 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. The Founding Partners of the Challenge, Bluewater and 11th Hour Racing, collectively committed up to $1,000,000 in pilot award funding and investment opportunities to jumpstart and scale innovative water solutions. Läs mer
WATER TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES: SEVEN START-UPS BRINGING TECH TO THE TAP mars 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. Läs mer