BOSAQ’s story started at one of the most remote and hostile environments on this planet: the Princess Elisabeth Station in Antarctica. Jacob Bossaer, CEO and founder of BOSAQ, had spent 5 consecutive seasons on an expedition to Antarctica as a water engineer. The whole station operated in a smart and circular way to maximize efficiency and minimize environmental impact. While creating the circular water loop, Jacob became more aware of the global water challenges.
Jacob teamed up with his long-standing trusted friend, Pieter Derboven to found BOSAQ in 2017 with the ambition to provide the world with clean and safe drinking water in a decentralized way.
Jacob’s experience and Pieter’s technical expertise contributed to establishing BOSAQ as an innovative water technology company. Their cooperation resulted in the Q-Drop, a decentralized drinking water purification installation, 100% powered by renewable energy. Pieter, who holds a doctorate in Chemical Technology, contributed to providing innovative and tailored water-management solutions eliminating the use of chemicals and a minimum maintenance requirement. The focus of technology is circular water with the lowest total cost of ownership to help companies and governments save water and money.
In 2019, BOSAQ sold its first contract to the government of Suriname initiating the business-to-government sales approach, the best approach to reach a high tangible impact.
Tom Vandekerckhove, with a Doctorate in Applied Biological Sciences, joined the team to create and expand the second leg of the business i.e. Water Experts. Water Experts is the consultancy business unit that works closely with governments and corporations to implement integrated water management with the ultimate goal to save water and money.
In 2021, BOSAQ technology shifted its focus from being an exclusive B2G business unit to including B2B in its scope.
As a result Water Experts could also expand its horizons and became the ultimate go-to for all water related questions of governments, public organisations, industry, real estates; …
Water Experts became an independent company with a broader scope of applications, but still in close collaboration with all BOSAQ – businesses. Jacob and Pieter are still the owners of Water Experts
BOSAQ's and Water Experts work and positive impact have been well recognized over the years and it was awarded the first Cleantech Hero award by CleanTech Flanders and the Energy Globe Award by United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) in 2021.
With plans for a new building, increasing number of experts, the consultancy firm is growing in a healthy way. By now we have already executed over 200 studies at ca 100 customers.
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