14 projects improving water around the world, whether in our oceans or what we drink
The water category of Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards honors projects designed to increase access to clean water, fight drought, protect oceans, or otherwise help solve water-related issues. See the finalists and honorable mentions below, and read about the winner, the report that exposed the dangerous contamination of America’s drinking water.
Finalists
Beacon+, Varuna
Ocean Strainer, MAS Holdings
OH-Wake Magazine, Lonely Whale, HP Inc. and 52HZ
PepsiCo and N-Drip Collaboration, PepsiCo and N-Drip
Phytorestore, Phytorestore Brazil and Superunion Brazil
ReefCloud, Accenture and Australian Institute of Marine Science
Honorable Mentions City Greenery Dining System, Re-a.d and Allison Newsome Epic Cleantec, Epic Cleantec Friendship Cabins, Friendship Products Irrigation optimization, Ceres Imaging NanoNetPlatform, CarboNet PFAS elimination, Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Laboratory Remote Water Sensor, Charity: Water Well Beyond App, Well Aware