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A Bluewater mobile hydration station helped visitors to The Ocean Race stopover village in Cape Town stay healthily refreshed despite hot conditions.

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.

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.

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.