Our Story
Our Story
This is the short story of the longest water pipe in the world.
Once upon a time there was a world where half of the people wasted 70 litres of drinkable water every day just to flush their toilets, while, at the same time, the other half was dying of thirst.
Then, at the beginning of 2009 two friends living in The Netherlands, a country constantly threatened by floods and too much water - had the dream to re - distribute water in a fairer way.
They started to think about how to do that. They thought they needed a sort of very long water pipe, long enough to bring water where there was none.
But that was a massive thing to do for only two people.
That's how they came up with Join the Pipe - the first social community of tap water drinkers. The idea of the two friends was to design a set of bottles that resembled a water pipe element, then sell it to all the members of the community and with the money raised they would finance the installation of pumps, wells and other water projects in Africa and Asia.
So, they went to a factory and produced their bottles in a durable plastic so that you keep them all your life and save the planet from drowning into an ocean of plastic water bottles. And they also created water carafes for the restaurants and tap water stations for parks and public spaces.
When they were ready the two friends asked everyone to join: at first there were only relatives and friends but soon schools, commercial companies, museums, nobel prize winners, actors, football clubs, event makers, airports, water companies, they all started to join from all over the world.
The two friends became two hundred and then three thousand. The pipe became longer and longer and today over 10.000 people that didn't have water, have water to drink.
With the help of everyone the pipe will continue to grow until we live in a world where half of the people has drinkable water - and the other half too.
Where can you find us
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Outlet
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Restaurant
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Tap Station
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Pump
