Want to hydrate like Beyoncé? Pick up this alkaline water bottle that just went on sale.

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Forget Hansel — alkaline water is so hot right now. Reportedly guzzled by the likes of Beyoncé, Tom Brady, and Miranda Kerr, alkaline water is a pH-basic version of regular tap water that is said to balance your body chemistry, keep you better hydrated, clear up your skin, boost your immunity, and neutralize free radicals within your system.

Is it for real, or is it all hype? One way to decide would be to drink some for yourself.

Here’s the thing, though: If you want to hydrate like the rich and famous, you tend to have to spend like them, too. That means forking over anywhere from $200 to $2,000 to install a water ionizing machine in your home — and unless you’re Queen Bey herself, making that kind of purchase is out of the question. Read more…

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Water Abundance Xprize’s $1.5M winner shows how to source fresh water from the air

You may remember that back in May, the Water Abundance Xprize named the five finalists in its contest to demonstrate the sustainable and scalable collection of water from the air. Interestingly, none of those finalists were the winner — after one dropped out, an eliminated team stepped in and took the prize.

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How a team of innovators overcame the odds to create water from thin air

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Today, 790 million people — 11 percent of the world’s population — live without access to clean water.

Two years ago, XPrize, an international nonprofit organization, announced a global competition enticing innovators to find a sustainable and affordable way to bring potable water to those who aren’t privileged enough to have it now.

Skeptics told the competition organizers that it was impossible. 

Nearly 100 submissions later, and XPrize found precisely what they were looking for — entrepreneurs who could design a minimalistic device that could reliably extract 2,000 liters of water from the atmosphere per day for no more than two cents per liter all using 100 percent renewable energy.  Read more…

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Drink up: 8 of the best insulated, reusable water bottles

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You’ve heard it before: Water is necessary for optimal health. And while we all know by now that not everyone needs to drink eight glasses of water a day, keeping hydrated throughout the day has tons of benefits. But relying on pre-packaged, bottled water to quench your thirst is just not practical, cost-effective, or environmentally friendly. Not to mention those one-time use plastic bottles can contain a chemical known as Bisphenol A (BPA) that can be harmful to your health. (Yuck.) That’s why a good reusable insulated water bottle is an excellent alternative to plastic water bottles. 

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17 gifts for people who don’t drink enough water

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How much water do you drink a day, really? What about your closest pal, or your family? Be honest. If it’s not the two litres recommended, then we’ve got work to do.

We all know someone (or are someone) who refuses to reach their daily H2O quota, so perhaps said rebel just needs a little sprucing up of their water receptacle. Plus, with an estimated 8 million tonnes of plastic waste entering the global marine environment each year, having your own bottle is no longer a want, it’s a planetary need.

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How to help Californians whose tap water is tainted

Karen Lewis knows about water problems. The 67-year-old lives in Compton, where the water coming out of her tap is tinged brown by manganese, a metal similar to iron, from old pipes.

The water is supplied by the troubled Sativa Los Angeles County Water District. The district has been plagued by administrative scandal and charges of mismanagement, and it hasn’t been able to generate the money needed to fix the brown water.

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