Water Wheel

Erb Entrepreneurs Cynthia Koenig, Erb ’11 and Colm Fay, Erb ’12 launch award winning social venture helping people to transport safe drinking water in areas where it is not readily available.

There’s beauty in simplicity. Just ask entrepreneur Cynthia Koenig,MBA/MS ’11, who with assistance from Colm Fay, MBA/MS ’12 has launched Wello, an award-winning social venture. Wello manufactures and distributes theWaterWheel, a 20-gallon drum that easily transports four to five times the amount of water possible using traditional methods of collection.The product is ideal for people who live in locations where safe drinking water is not readily available. “It saves people from having to carrysuch heavy weight on a daily basis over a distance that can sometimesbe several miles,” says Colm. You can learn more about Wello at www.wellowater.org

Read more in the Ross Dividends Magazine.