Smart Water Stations from Israel Make a Splash in US

Israel’s Woosh Water Systems lets people fill their bottles with pure, cold water, saving money and the environment.

Americans are drinking more water and fewer sugary drinks, racking up sales of 42.6 billion 1-liter plastic bottles of water at a cost of $100 per person each year.

Students and faculty at Sinclair Community College in Dayton, Ohio, have a healthier, cheaper and greener way to quench their thirst: three sleekly designed “smart” water stations from Woosh Water Systems of Tel Aviv.

Installed last February in the company’s first commercial pilot, the touch-screen stations let people clean and fill reusable bottles with purified, chilled water for a fraction of the price of bottled water — 50 to 75 cents, depending on the size of the container – payable by credit card or a Blackboard Transact card  used on many college campuses.

The stations even display to each user the positive impact on the environment in terms of reducing plastic waste and carbon emissions.

Though Woosh began with beta sites in Tel Aviv that ran successfully from 2013 to 2015, it’s targeting its sales to the United States. Large college campuses are perfect testing grounds.

“We had giveaways of stainless steel bottles at Sinclair to introduce the concept,” Woosh cofounder and CEO Itay Tayas Zamir tells ISRAEL21c. “Students are early adopters and they’re really into the advantages of the system for the environment and for saving money.

Many students already carry reusable bottles with them.

More than 20 campuses in US have banned sales of plastic bottles, so it’s a huge market.”

Clearly, it’s not the only market. Woosh is installing another three stations in Dayton – in the county seat, city hall and children’s hospital. Toward the first quarter of 2017, more stations are to follow in state-run nature parks in the area.

This is all made possible through a partnership between Woosh, Smart Water Stations USA (SWS) and the Dayton Region Israel Trade Alliance (DRITA), an organization established to introduce Israeli technologies to the Ohio region.

At the same time, Woosh has signed on a large-scale project for Miami Beach, launching in early 2017 with 25 outdoor smart water stations. Other installations likely will follow in additional cities.

Read full article at: Israel 21c

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