Pinoeering water projects awarded

Lead­ing organ­i­sa­tions that have embraced inno­va­tion to pro­tect and enhance water sup­plies have been recog­nised for their pio­neer­ing work by the inau­gur­al Light­house Awards.
Cor­po­ra­tions includ­ing Apple, Nike and Face­book, along with util­i­ties such as South East Water, Aus­tralia, have been named as recip­i­ents of the inau­gur­al Light­house Awards, launched in Decem­ber 2020 by the Brave Blue World Foun­da­tion, a non-prof­it ded­i­cat­ed to sci­en­tif­ic and edu­ca­tion­al sto­ry­telling. The win­ning Light­house organ­i­sa­tions, named so because they are shin­ing a light for oth­ers to fol­low, have devel­oped new ways of util­is­ing tech­nol­o­gy, finance or part­ner­ships to reduce their impact in water stressed regions or build resilience of their local water systems.
Their ground­break­ing achieve­ments were dis­cov­ered by the Brave Blue World Foun­da­tion dur­ing the research phase of its  doc­u­men­tary, Brave Blue World, which aims to dri­ve pos­i­tive change in water.
Brave Blue World Foun­da­tion founder Paul O’Callaghan said:

“Every indus­try has a van­guard; the pio­neers will all come to fol­low. In water, the work of these Light­hous­es is beyond crit­i­cal if we are to ensure there is enough fresh­wa­ter for future generations.”

The win­ners’ selec­tion process, car­ried out by adju­di­ca­tors from tech­nol­o­gy mar­ket intel­li­gence com­pa­ny BlueTech Research, was based on a num­ber of cri­te­ria and split into project themes.
These includ­ed blue-green infra­struc­ture, water reuse, smart water, water catch­ment enhance­ment, regen­er­a­tion, inno­va­tion in pol­i­cy, inno­va­tion in com­mu­ni­ca­tions and inno­va­tion in partnerships.
The recip­i­ents of the Light­house Awards 2020 are: Nike, Sales­force, Face­book, Apple, Heineken, San Fran­cis­co Pub­lic Util­i­ties Com­mis­sion, South East Water Aus­tralia, The Glen­morang­ie Dis­tillery, Intel, Xylem and Man­ches­ter City Foot­ball Club.