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Sustainable Cooling Water Treatment

With measurably lower operating costs

blue activity replaces toxic biocides in the treatment of cooling water for open recirculating cooling systems with functional microorganisms. At the same time, conventional petrochemical additives are substituted with innovative biopolymer-based alternatives with improved performance profiles.

The result: more efficient cooling systems, lower water and energy consumption, and significantly reduced operating costs.

-40%*

Lower water costs

-32%*

Direct OPEX savings

+29%*

Performance Improvement

Integration into existing cooling systems – without CAPEX and without structural modifications.

* Based on current customer results.

Industrial cooling water as a strategic lever

Cooling processes in industry are among the largest consumers of water and are often associated with high chemical usage, energy consumption, and maintenance costs.

blue activity transforms cooling water treatment in open recirculating cooling systems through the use of functional microorganisms, biopolymer-based additives, and digital monitoring.

The result is a stable, transparent, and cost-efficient operation of existing cooling systems.

Why companies choose
blue activity

Lower operating costs

Reduced chemical consumption, lower water usage, and more stable system conditions significantly reduce the total cost of ownership.

High system availability

A strong natural cleaning effect stabilizes the microbiological balance, reduces microbiologically influenced corrosion (MIC), and helps prevent unplanned downtime.

Sustainable water treatment

Toxic biocides are fully replaced by natural biological processes.

Full transparency through monitoring

Real-time data provides clear KPIs for system performance, efficiency, and sustainability.

360° Solution

More efficiency. Less effort. Zero investment risk.

Blue Activity delivers complete cooling water treatment as a running service - biological, biocide-free and measurably effective. Our customers save up to 40% on water costs, 28% on energy costs and 32% on direct OPEX - while achieving a performance improvement of up to +29% - without a single euro of capex.

24/7 real-time monitoring of all critical parameters - biofilm, scaling, corrosion, fill levels - for maximum operational reliability and continuous system optimisation. Our experts visit regularly on-site.

A partner that thinks ahead. True 360° care from a single source.

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Our customers

We are already trusted by several renowned customers from industry – primarily from the chemical, steel, energy, glass and automotive sectors, which we successfully support with our natural water treatment for cooling tower operation:

BASF

Euroglas

Hager Group

SALZGITTER

MAINOVA

MERCEDES-BENZ

BRASKEM

VANTAGE LEUNA

Key industries

We are already trusted by several renowned customers from industry – primarily from the chemical, steel, energy, glass and automotive sectors, which we successfully support with our natural water treatment for cooling tower operation:

Steel

Chemical Industry

Energy

Customer case: Chemical Industry

Substantial enhancement of steam turbine performance

Through the use of microbiological cooling water treatment, the efficiency of the steam turbine was significantly increased and plant operation sustainably stabilized.

Microorganisms with maximum impact

* Based on current customer results

Positive contribution to CSRD / ESRS requirements

Replacing toxic biocides is a key lever for sustainable industrial processes

BA-SYNBIOREX®

  • 100% natural alternative to biocides
  • based on functional mircoorganisms for high natural cleaning effect of industrial cooling systems

BA-CorProtect®

  • Innovative additive for hardness stabilization / corrosion protection
  • based on biopolymers, with significantly reduced p-values

BA-Cycle+®

  • Online monitoring (RM&D – Industry Standard 4.0)
  • recording and monitoring of relevant KPIs
  • remote maintenance to ensure efficient and safe site operation

Legionella Rapid Test

  • On-site detection of Legionella values
  • including VBNC’s, within 25 minutes
  • no laboratory required

Important Fact

By integrating real-time data, we create a stable and transparent operating environment, the foundation for sustainable growth at our customers’ sites

News

blue activity Gründer Michael Simon und Lars Havighorst

17. March 2026

StartingUp: blue activity secures €8.5 million for biocide-free cooling water treatment

Kühlwasserbehandlung ohne Chemie

12. September 2025

Industrie Anzeiger: How a start-up keeps cooling towers clean without chemicals

blue activity - Mikrobiologie statt Gefahrstoffe

26. May 2025

blechnet: Cooling water treatment using microbiology instead of hazardous chemicals

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Nothing is more convincing than a happy partner

"blue activity delivers a solution that combines ecological progress with economic value. This combination is precisely what is driving industrial transformation today."

Raphael Budday
Principal Venture Stars

"blue activity tackles one of the most underloved inefficiencies in industrial infrastructure. We backed the team because they combine deep domain expertise with a genuinely scalable solution - exactly the kind of climate-critical technology Wind was built to support.“

Thierry Vandewalle
Founding Partner of Wind