EnterpriseWorks/Vita (EWV) has received a five-year grant from the Global Development Program of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to analyse domestic rainwater harvesting systems throughout the world. The group will first embark on a year-long, 20-country study of past usages of rainwater harvesting and current technological innovations. This market research will lead to a prototype product, which is to be produced and marketed in a selected region. The amount of the grant to EWV was not mentioned in the press release. In 2005 the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation launched a Global Development Special Initiative in water, sanitation, and hygiene.

Read more about EMV’s water and sanitation projects here.

Source: EnterpriseWorks/Vita, 25 Jun 2008

Tags: financing, water collection