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Event Water Solutions’ water station making U.S. waves

Paul — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 13:38:49 +0000

By SARA ROSS, THE PACKET & TIMES

What started out as a plan to make the Mariposa Folk Festival more environmentally friendly has boomed into a successful business.

Since making its debut at the 2009 festival, Paul Baker’s hydration stations have been set up at major events in both Canada and the United States.

Austin City Limits – Another Green Success Story

Paul — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:56:34 +0000

Event Water Solutions just got back from Austin City Limits, another great festival put on by C3 Presents.Â About 75,000 people per day gathered at the beautiful Zilker Park in Austin, TexasÂ to enjoy 130 musical acts.Â WithÂ blue skies and temperatures over 30 degrees all three days, our eight water stations were on theÂ go non stop.

In total we saved about 223,700 plastic water bottles from use. We were impressed with the amount of people who brought their own refillable bottles -Â way to go ACL attendees!

Austin City Limits is clearly committed to being one of theÂ most environmentally friendlyÂ festivals out there.Â It was a pleasure to be a part of their greening initiatives.

Read more about the event:

News 8 Austin Story

We Are Austin Entertainment Story

At Lollapalooza we poured 102,100 liters of water, resulting in 204,200 water bottles saved!

Paul — Thu, 19 Aug 2010 19:50:15 +0000

Event Water SolutionsÂ just returned from Lollapalooza about a week ago and it was a huge success.

The festival took place over three days at Grant Park, Chicago.Â The festival was so well run, and the musical acts were stellar.

All three days were sweltering hot, and we’ve never felt so much appreciation from festival attendees.Â We had nine stations set up, and the water never stopped flowing.Â By the end of the festival, we poured 102,100 liters of water, resulting in 204,200 water bottles saved!

We’d like to thank our staff, and all the local volunteers who worked so hard for so many hours.Â Special thanks to C3 Presents for bringing us on board and being so helpful throughout the event.

Hope to be back next year!

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Below are links to articles that refer to EWS participation at the event.

http://venuestoday.wordpress.com/2010/08/13/lollapalooza-gets-green-with-gaga/

http://metroplanning.org/news-events/blog-post/5955

http://www.spinner.ca/2010/08/07/b-o-b-wavves-lollapalooza-2010/

Event Water Solutions to be at Lollapalooza Music Festival in Chicago

Paul — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 13:57:45 +0000

Event Water Solutions is thrilled to be at Lollapalooza, the iconic three day music festivalÂ takingÂ place at Grant Park,Â Chicago.

We have 10 water stations set up throughout the grounds, and we’ll be providing water to 80,000 people per day.

Should be an amazing weekend.Â Â http://www.lollapalooza.com/

Capital’s Canada Day Celebration Goes Green with Eauasis Water Stations

Paul — Mon, 05 Jul 2010 17:58:47 +0000

With the help of Event Water Solutions’ Eauasis water stations the “National Capital Commission took several steps to make Canada Day environmentally friendly this year” according to the CBC News. They went on to say, “this year there were no Styrofoam cups or bottled water. Instead, free tap water was available, and filled the equivalent of 32,000 water bottles.”

HOPE Volleyball SummerFest 2010 is Going Green!

Paul — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 00:03:44 +0000

This year, HOPE Volleyball SummerFest 2010, with the support of The Ottawa Group of Sierra Club Canada, has secured Event Water Solutions to help in our steps towards a greener event! On Saturday, July 10^th at Mooneyâ€™s Bay, Â this partnership will provide HOPE with a means to completely eliminate the need for plastic water bottles and provide refreshing and great tasting drinking water for our participants.

How will it work for the festival and attendees?

The “Eauasis” is a stainless steel water station with an integrated filtration system that can be hooked up to any municipal water source. At each of the Event Water Solutions water stations, the water is filtered with a state of the art filtration system, including ultraviolet sterilization and dispensed to our festival attendees and participants.

The Green Results!

HOPEâ€™s partnership with The Sierra Club of Ottawa, aids their efforts in the education of Ottawans about protecting our environment, and helps HOPE & Event Water Solutions provide drinking water for event patrons without the plastic water bottles littering our site!

Be sure to bring your REUSEABLE WATER CONTAINERS and fill up at either Event Water Solutions two stations.

For more information, please contact:

Holly Tarrison, Executive Director of HOPE

hollytarrison@hopehelps.com 613-224-9070

http://www.hopehelps.com

HOPE

Hope is a volunteer-driven, not-for-profit organization best known for its annual beach volleyball tournament held at Mooneyâ€™s Bay. HOPE engages in community fundraising and has raised millions in support of local charities.

http://www.hopehelps.com

The Sierra Club of Ottawa

The Ottawa Group of Sierra Club Canada are dedicated to the protection of the environment and to educating Ottawans about the environment around our city.

The Sierra Club of Ottawa are a proud sponsor our efforts to eliminate our plastic water bottles.

http://ottawa.sierraclub.ca/

Upcoming Events for Event Water Solutions

Paul — Mon, 28 Jun 2010 14:38:17 +0000

We have a busy summer planned with multiple events. If you are attending any of these venues please stop by and see us in action. Have a great summer!

July 1 – Canada Day on Parliament Hill

July 9-11 – Mariposa Folk Festival

July 10 – Hope Volleyball Summerfest in Ottawa

Aug 15 – Burlington Children’s Festival

Aug 20-22 – Ottawa Folk Festival

Aug 27-29 – Owen Sound Folk Festival

MP Bruce Stanton Awards Stimulus Funds to Event Water Solutions

Paul — Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:05:33 +0000

Federal Member of Parliament, Bruce Stanton, Simcoe North, congratulates Paul Baker, Owner of Event Water Solutions.

Today MP Bruce Stanton visited Event Water Solutions in Orillia, Ontario offering congratulations to Paul Baker being one of two North Simcoe business receiving local stimulus funds from the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario).

Mr. Stanton is stated he is “pleased that this funding will allow businesses in North Simcoe to develop and become more competitive and secure new market opportunities.”

Paul Baker states, “We are thrilled to be receiving this funding. Event Water Solutions will use this investment to further our business vision and environmental goals of eliminating the use of plastic water bottles at festivals and events.”

Canada Day Celebrations in Ottawa to use EWSâ€™s Eauasis water station

Paul — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 19:51:28 +0000

The Event Water Solutions’ water station created for Mariposa Folk Festival will be providing refreshment in Ottawa for Canada Day as reported by the Orillia Packet & Times.

http://www.orilliapacket.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=2543345

Completely Eliminate the use of Plastic Water Bottles

Paul — Sun, 18 Apr 2010 18:31:38 +0000

Event Water Solution services will completely (100%) eliminate the need for attendees at these events to bring or use plastic water bottles.

Our product, the Eauasis – water station, allows the organizers of these events whether for profit, not-for-profit, corporate, public or private to be seen as setting the standard when it comes to this plastic water bottle environmental issue.

Within each of the host communities there will be an immediate impact from the elimination of mountains of plastic water bottles.Â The organizers will see less garbage cleanup; the community landfill will see a reduction of garbage volume; and the attendees will experience positive behaviour changes that will influence their future purchasing habits.