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2013 Coverage

Environmental Leader, May 3, 2013 Water Innovation Competition Pairs Startups, Food Companies

The Guardian, April 23, 2013 Commercialising water: the challenges of making technology pay

WASHfunders.org, April 15, 2013 Putting the Entrepreneur into WASH

Southern Nevada Water Authority News, January 14, 2013 WaterSmart Innovations announces strategic partnership with IH2O

FastCo.Exist, January 7, 2013 3 Companies That Could Change The Way We Use Water
 

Consumer Innovations Program Press Releases

  • Finalists Announced (12.12.12)
     
  • Imagine H2O Kicks off 4th Water Innovation Competition (10.1.12)
     
  • New Program Announced (6.21.12)

 

2012 Coverage

Wired, October 21, 2012 The Vine Nerds

Sacramento Bee, July 29, 2012 Viewpoints: Water technology can shield state from drought

MarketWatch, June 19, 2012 WaterSmart Closes Second Round of Funding

Inc Magazine, June 8, 2012 Business Opportunities in Water Conservation

Worth Magazine, The Blue Issue. Rescuing the Blue (Print only)

TechRockies, March 29, 2012 New Sky Energy Wins Prize

Wall Street Journal, March 23, 2012 Aussie Start-Up Bilexys Wins Contest To Imagine Water’s Future

National Geographic, March 22, 2012 Spinning Wastewater into Gold

Wall Street Journal, February 7, 2012  PasTechGroup’s Green Double Play: Make Renewable Energy While Cleaning Wastewater

 

2011 Wastewater Prize Press Releases

  • Imagine H2O Names Winners of 2012 Water Innovation Prize (3.20.12)
     
  • Finalists Announced (12.20.11)
     
  • Prize Opens to Entries (9.1.11)
    Note: See the official competition terms and website for current information about the Prize guidelines

 

New Partnership Announcements

  • New WEF and Imagine H2O Partnership Advances Water Entrepeneurship (1.18.12)
     

New Accelerator Hub Partnerships

  • Imagine H2O and Milwaukee Water Council Join Forces to Foster Water Entrepreneurship (4.11.12)
     
  • Collaboration with Imagine H2O Brings New Resources To Colorado’s Water Entrepreneurs
    Colorado Water Innovation Cluster (8.5.11) 
     
  • Collaboration with Imagine H2O Another Step to Move the BlueTechValley Effort Forward
    Claude Laval Water & Energy Technology Incubator

 

 

2010 Water-Energy Nexus Prize

  • Winners Annouced (3.17.11)
  • Finalists Announcement (12.16.10)
  • Announcing our Judges (10.7.10)
  • Official 2010 Prize Launch (9.1.10)
  • Prize Announcement (5.18.10)


2009 Water Efficiency Prize

  • Prize Winners Announcement Release
  • Prize Finalists Release
  • Prize Opening
  • Fact Sheet: Imagine H2O
  • Fact Sheet: The Prize
  • Fact Sheet: Water
  • Imagine H2O Launch Release
     
Media Coverage: 2010 - 2011
 
TechCrunch, May 18, 2011 WaterSmart Raises $900,000 To Help Utilities Promote Efficiency
 
Cleantech Republic, April 1, 2011 Imagine H2O, un tremplin pour les start-ups innovantes dans le domaine de l’eau
 
Sustainable Business, March 28, 2011 Hydrokinetic Turbine Company Wins Imagine H20 Award
 
A Smarter Planet (by Tamin Pechet), March 25, 2011 Sparking Water Innovation
 
River Network, March 24, 2011 Imagine H2O Water Technology Prizes Awarded
 
Water Canada, March 23, 2011 Water-Energy Wins in San Francisco
 
Reuters, March 22, 2011 Canal-Based Turbines, Energy from Wastewater Win Water-Tech Prizes
 
International Herald Tribune, March 22, 2011 Modernizing the water industry for a thirsty planet
 
CNET News, March 22, 2011 On World Water Day, a look at water-energy tech
 
GreenBiz, March 22, 2011 Canal-Based Turbines, Energy from Wastewater Win Water-Tech Prizes
 
SmartPlanet, March 22, 2011 Water’s energy potential highlighted on World Water Day
 
New York Times, March 21, 2011 Water's Scarcity Spells Opportunity for Entrepreneurs
 
New Energy News, March 21, 2011, Current Energy Wins Big
 
GOOD, March 18, 2011 Turning Grease Into Gold; Two Startups Making Big Leaps in Biofuels
 
ZDNet, March 18, 2011 Three Green Water Startups You Should Watch
 
Tech Flash, March 18, 2011 Seattle startup Hyrdrovolts wins Imagine H2O competition, $20k
 
GeekWire, March 17, 2011 Hydrovolts wins Imagine H2O competition with innovative turbines
 
TechCrunch, March 17, 2011 Hyrdovolts Wins Imagine H2O Prize
 
TreeHugger, December 21, 2010 Future of Water Technology Highlighted by Finalists for Imagine H2O Competition
 
TechCrunch, December 16, 2010 Ten Water Tech Startups To Watch, All 2010 Imagine H2O Competition Finalists
 
Water Canada, December 16, 2010 Imagine H2O Finalists Announced
 
Venture Beat, October 14, 2010 Imagine H2O and VLAB Present Blue Tech: Is Water's Dry Spell Over?
 
Water Canada, November 14, 2010 The Networked Field
 
GreenBiz, May 20, 2010 $100K for Winning Startup that Cracks the 'Water-Energy Nexus'
 
GreenBiz, March 30, 2010 When Cleantech Meets Water
 
San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 2010 In Napa, a new path to using less water
 
Reuters, March 8, 2010 Vineyard breakthrough wins water startup prize
 
Cleantech Group, March 8, 2010 Fruition Sciences Takes Imagine H2O's Top Honors
 
Portland Business Journal, February 5, 2010 Seeking a Global Water Prize
 
Water in the Works, January 6, 2010 Imagine H2O Finalists Announced
 
H2O Report, January 6, 2010 Imagine H2O Finalists Announced – Water in the Works
 
GreenBiz, December 23, 2009 Water Prize Finalists Awash with Innovative Ideas
 
TriplePundit, November 6, 2009 Imagine H2O Prize Competition to Drive Water Innovation
 
Blue Living Ideas, October, 16, 2009 Imagine H2O: Turning The World's Water Problems Into Opportunities
 
[Radio] Business Boomer, October 15, 2009 - Green, Sustainable Consumer-Facing Businesses Show
 
Greentech Media, September 1, 2009 A Technology Contest for Water Experts
 
PE Hub, September 1, 2009 - New Incubator for Water Startups  Login
 
PE Hub, August 21, 2009 - A Call for Better Water Tech  Login
 
[Radio] Dave Egbert's Living Green, August 8, 2009 - Episode 3
 
GOOD, Summer 2009 (The Water Issue) Now What?
 
San Francisco Chronicle, July 4, 2009 New Technology Addresses Global Water Needs
 
TriplePundit, May 8, 2009 Launch of Imagine H2O Encourages Innovation in Water
 
Reuters, May 7, 2009 H2O Prize Aims to Cultivate Water Start-ups
 
San Francisco Business Times, May 6, 2009 S.F. nonprofit starts water plan contest
 
WaterTech, May 6, 2009 Competition on Water Efficiency Issues Launched
 
San Francisco Chronicle, May 5, 2009 Stream of Ideas
 
Blue Living Ideas, October 16, 2009 Imagine H20: Turning The World’s Water Problems Into Opportunities
 

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