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BQE Water Named a Canada's Clean Technology winner in the Technology Fast 50(TM) program
(TheNewswire) November 16, 2022 – TheNewswire - Vancouver, BC – ...
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[{"type":"text","content":"BQE Water Named a Canada's Clean Technology winner in the Technology Fast 50(TM) program\n \n \n (TheNewswire)\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n November 16, 2022 – TheNewswire -\n \n \n Vancouver, BC\n–\n \n \n BQE Water Inc.\n(TSXV:BQE)\n \n , a leader in the treatment and management of mine\nimpacted waters, has received a Clean Technology award as part of the\nTechnology Fast 50 program. Launched last year, the new award\nleadership category recognizes Canada’s top clean innovators\nproviding processes, goods or services that reduce environmental\nimpacts.\n \n \n \n “We are proud of our team’s achievements from the\npast four years which have delivered revenue growth of 76% and has\nallowed us to be chosen as a Clean Technology winner in the 2022\nTechnology Fast 50 program,” said David Kratochvil, President &\nCEO of BQE Water. “From taking a holistic approach to mine water\nmanagement to achieve better outcomes for the environment, industry\nand public, the commercialization of our disruptive Selen-IX™\ntechnology for selenium removal that moves the goal posts in\nachievable water quality while producing reusable selenium residue,\nand our leading position in cyanide management for gold producers, our\nwork provides the mining industry with sustainable water solutions to\nenable the development of projects that are both environmentally\nresponsible and socially acceptable.”\n \n \n \n \n Eligibility in the Clean Technology category requires\napplicants to meet the same criteria as for Technology Fast 50\nnominees – be headquartered in Canada, own proprietary technology,\nconduct research, and development activities in Canada and invest a\nminimum of five percent of gross revenues in R&D – except they\nmust have a minimum revenue of $50,000 in 2018 and $5 million in 2021.\nThe winning companies are ranked by their revenue-growth percentage\nover that period.\n \n \n \n \n The majority of the companies’ revenues must come\nfrom products or services that have a positive environmental impact in\nthe following areas: carbon emissions reduction potential, resource\ncirculation (reduce, reuse, and recycle), or environmental\npreservation and safety.\n \n \n \n \n This year marks 25 years since the establishment...