2024 WINNERS

LIGHTHOUSE LEADERSHIP AWARDS

In 2020, The Brave Blue World Foundation has launched the Lighthouse Awards to honor pioneers and visionaries within the water sector. Corporates who are reducing their impact in water stressed regions and including circularity in their practice and groups that have established moonshot targets associated with achievement timelines. We are also honoring Utilities committing to fast tracking the efficiency and resilience of their water systems for the people and communities they serve. These awards will enable us, as an industry, to celebrate each other’s success and to learn from the trials and tribulations encountered on the way.

Waterleau x Martens

Waterleau x Martens

SUSTAINABLE BREWERY WATER INNOVATION PROGRAMME

Waterleau has redesigned Martens Brewery’s wastewater treatment plant under a design-build-finance-operate model, with a 10-year financing agreement. The redesigned plant includes advanced treatment technologies such as high-rate anaerobic towers, aerobic treatment, high-recovery reverse osmosis (RO), and a heating-cooling circuit with a heat pump. Keep Reading ➜

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Microsoft x FIDO Tech

Microsoft x FIDO Tech

REDUCING WATER LOSSES WITH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

FIDO Tech and Microsoft have initiated a collaboration aimed at addressing water losses, specifically in London and the broader Thames Water region. FIDO Tech, known for its AI-driven solutions for leak detection, is leveraging Microsoft’s technological infrastructure to enhance its capabilities. Keep Reading ➜

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Apple x Gravity Water

Apple x Gravity Water

RAINWATER SOLUTIONS FOR RURAL VIETNAM

In partnership with Apple, Gravity Water is bringing safe, clean water to 131 schools in northern Vietnam. This collaboration is connected with Apple’s water strategy to address water availability, water quality, and water accessibility in its supply chain around the world. Keep Reading ➜

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Cirtec x Severn Trent

Cirtec x Severn Trent

NET ZERO HUB CELLULOSE RECOVERY PIONEER PROJECT

Construction of the world’s first large-scale cellulose Recovery Plant at Severn Trent’s Net Zero Hub Sewage Treatment Works in Strongford (UK) is underway. This groundbreaking project aims to extract digestible residual streams and clean cellulose from influent. Keep Reading ➜

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2024 Lighthouse Award Winners

“WE ENVISION A DAY WHEN EVERYBODY HAS  ACCESS TO CLEAN WATER AND SANITATION AND WE ENVISION THAT IN OUR LIFETIME. HOW LUCKY ARE WE, THAT WE’RE THE ONES THAT GET TO SOLVE THIS.”

— Matt Damon, Actor and Co-Founder Water.org