Bluewater

2 March 2023 05:41

Bluewater helps The Ocean Race in its drive for sustainability by avoiding the need for over 40,000 single use plastic bottles during Cape Town stopover

High profile events draw huge crowds, and not only can we assist in lessening the need for single-use plastic, but the presence of our hydration stations helps to make people think about where their water is coming from and what they, as an individual, can do to contribute positively to our planet, says Bluewater South Africa General Manager Janneke Brasecke.

Cleaning with purpose at the Kuils River Catchment Area in Cape Town, South Africa.

21 February 2023 02:30

Bluewater and the Environmental Monitoring Group partner for a large-scale Cape Town river clean-up initiative

"The pollution along this river impacts many low-income communities living in environmentally harmful conditions that undermine their quality of life and livelihoods. The mass clean-up focused on specific parts of the river where community interaction with the river is the highest. We removed 500 bags of waste, an incredible achievement.”

Bluewater is honored to be an official supplier the 11th Hour Racing Team competing in The Ocean Race 2022-23 (Photo: 11th Hour Racing)

20 December 2022 07:49

11TH HOUR RACING TEAM ANNOUNCES BLUEWATER AS OFFICIAL SUPPLIER FOR THE OCEAN RACE

We believe the best water is sourced and purified in local communities at point of consumption, not bottled in plastic and transported from faraway places.

Purified and delicious Bluewater on hand in le Havre to ensure TJV sailing fans do not need to use single use plastic water bottles (Photo: Bluewater)

26 October 2021 04:58

Bluewater Hydration Stations And 11th Hour Racing collaborate to eliminate need for single-use plastic bottles in Transat Jacque Vabre Race Village

"Microplastics are in the water we drink, the food we eat, and the air we breathe, and we praise the huge commitment of 11th Hour Racing and the Transat Jacques Vabre race organisers for offering visitors a hydration solution designed to stop plastic contamination..." says Bluewater's Dave Noble.

Facing urban water scarcity, Cape Town citizens line up for drinking water during the city's 2018 water crisis (Credit: Cavan / Alamy Stock Photo)

14 August 2019 08:00

Six finalists chosen for 2019 Imagine H20 Urban Drinking Water Challenge

Imagine H2O’s Urban Water Challenge 2019 announces finalist entrepreneurs from six countries spanning Africa, India, Asia and the Americas who are reimagining a water-resilient future. Two winners will be announced at the start of Stockholm Water Week at the end of August during a ceremony in the Swedish capital.

24 September 2018 10:02

52 Super Series 2018 Annual Sustainability Prize Goes to South African Team Phoenix, Bluewater hydration station donated to Mallorca

52 Super Sailing Series team Phoenix crowned “Greenest Team of the Year” at the final prize-giving ceremony held Saturday in Valencia. Their prize, a water hydration station donated by 52 SUPER SERIES Sustainability Partner, Bluewater, will be installed in Puerto Portals to help leave a positive legacy on the Balearic Island.

8 June 2018 09:32

As World Celebrates World Oceans Day, Bluewater Calls On ‘Waterpreneurs’ Globally to Address Urban Water Scarcity Challenges

The world’s fast-growing cities are running short of safe and reliable drinking water as they cope with population growth, climate change and unsustainable water use. Bluewater has launched a million-dollar challenge to water entrepreneurs to come up with solutions that increase urban water resilience.

Jeremy Pochman, 11th Hour Racing, and Bluewater's President Anders Jacobson, believe human ingenuity can be harnessed to protect planetary and human health

19 May 2018 18:25

At Volvo Ocean Race Ocean Summit in Newport, RI, Bluewater joins with 11th Hour Racing to open doors to drinking water innovation

Global challenge issued to innovators to put forward their untapped ideas to help solve the emerging urban drinking water crisis in fast growing megacities.

Bluewater water stations help address water scarcity in Cape Town, South Africa, by turning water previously regarded as unsafe to drink into pristine drinking water.

15 March 2018 14:56

Bluewater and 11th Hour Racing Partner with Imagine H2O to Launch  USD1 Million Global Innovation Challenge for Urban Water Scarcity

Program launched under Imagine H2O’s Global Water Accelerator Program will identify and deploy entrepreneurial solutions to water scarcity in mega-cities.

When the Volvo Ocean Race event opens its doors Friday in drought-stricken Cape Town, Bluewater water purifiers will be on hand to provide clean drinking water and slash the need for single-use plastic bottles.

22 November 2017 10:54

Bluewater to help Cape Town save up to 500,000 single-use plastic water bottles from being used during Volvo Ocean Race stop-over

Bluewater will help avoid the use of around half-a-million throw-away plastic water bottles during the upcoming Volvo Ocean Race stop-over in Cape Town by providing four unique water stations using the company's patented state-of-the-art purification technology that will turn low quality water in clean drinking water for tens of thousands of visitors to the race village.

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