San Francisco – Bluewater, a world leader in drinking water technologies and solutions, and 11th Hour Racing, a US organization that establishes strategic partnerships to promote collaborative, systemic change benefitting the health of our ocean, today launched…
Kenyan Capital’s Severe Water Shortage Threatens Most Marginalized
- Many of Kenya’s nearly 49 million inhabitants do not have access to improved water resources,…
Arkansas City Dedicates New 5.4 MGD Water Treatment Facility
With capacity to easily expand to 6.3 MGD, the new plant provides a stable and secure source of drinking water for Arkansas City, a community of 12,000…
Momentum Grows for the North I-90 Odessa Aquifer Groundwater Replacement Project in Washington State
MOSES LAKE, Wash. - Groups have formed and progress is being made regarding a solution/project to help deep well irrigators/farmers in the declining Odessa Aquifer north of I-90 and east of Moses Lake in Washington State. The solution is to provide…
Mexico City is the Least Affordable Capital City for Drinking Water, ‘Affordability Index’ Reveals
The results of the 2017 Global Water Tariff Survey’s Affordability Index, published last month by Global Water Intelligence (GWI) and the Global Water Leaders Group (GWLG), have revealed that Mexico City residents spend around 3.71% of their household income…
WaterStep Installs Safe Water Systems in Puerto Rico
Louisville-based WaterStep is currently on the ground to help, arriving October 10th in the town of Vega Alta to provide water purification systems in 22 hard-hit and remote municipalities. WaterStep is working with the National Puerto Rican Leadership Council…
Bluewater Launches Clean Drinking Water Movement to Boost a Sustainable Future for Human and Ocean Health
Bluewater, a world leader in innovative, market-leading technologies delivering contaminant-free drinking water, today announced a strategic push to fast-track wider public access to purified drinking water and disrupt the global average’s industry reliance…
WaterStep Sends Safe Water Systems to Aid Hurricane Survivors in Puerto Rico
Louisville, KY - In order to combat the humanitarian crisis in Puerto Rico caused by the aftermath of Hurricane Maria, Louisville-based organization WaterStep and the National Puerto Rico Leadership Council Education Fund (NPRLCEF) have joined forces…
New Study: Billions of People Drinking Micro Plastic Particles in Tap Water
Stockholm, Sweden – A wave of new studies in recent months have escalated knowledge about the extent of ocean, lake and river pollution by plastics. Now a new study, said to be the first of its kind, has discovered previously unknown plastic contamination…
New WRI Analysis Reveals Asia’s Poorest People Don’t Know if Their Water is Safe
STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN —Industrial facilities release upwards of 400 million tons of toxic pollutants into the world’s waters each year. For many of Asia’s poorest communities who depend on local waterways for drinking, bathing, farming and fishing,…
