More than 200 guests from the corporate world, environmental NGOs, charities, impact investors and water utilities walked a blue carpet and a toast was given with beer made from recycled wastewater. The documentary had its international premiere at the Paramount Theatre, Los Angeles on December 16, 2019. Over a 12 month period, the production team travelled to five continents visiting projects that included a NASA research centre that reveals how recycling water in space has lessons for us on Earth, a textile plant in India that is reducing river pollution by meeting 90% of its water needs from recycled water, the world's largest algae-powered wastewater treatment plant in Spain and a children's home in Kenya where 50 litres of water a day is being provided from humidity in the air. O'Callaghan has said: 'When people get the value of water, everything becomes easier because the politicians will support the policies that will drive utilities to introduce water reuse, energy neutrality and all these important initiatives.'įilming began in 2018. With a desire to change how people think about water, tell the stories of the pioneers who were carrying out ground-breaking work and help fast-track solutions to global challenges, he pitched the idea of a documentary to potential corporate partners in March 2018, securing the majority of funding within three months. Through many conversations with water utilities, technology companies, academics and communities, O'Callaghan reasoned that the countries whose governments were progressive with water innovation, investment and technology adoption, seemed to have particularly high levels of public engagement and awareness of regional water supply and wastewater treatment issues.

The idea for Brave Blue World came from executive producer Paul O'Callaghan, who was inspired during his international travels as founder and chief executive of BlueTech Research.

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