HUNTERSVILLE, N.C.,None — A Huntersville company is hoping a defense contract will help them hire dozens of people.
Clearwater Manufacturing created a new water bottling system called the Boomerang.
The Boomerang is about the size of a hotel ice-maker and can sanitize, filter, fill and cap 2,000 water bottles per day.
The idea came from a government mandate for the military to be more environmentally friendly.
"We sat down with a notebook and started making sketches and thought about ways we could reuse a bottle, either aluminum or glass," said Dan Cedrone with Boomerang Water.
The company said a military contract would let them hire 50 employees.
They also hope to market the machine to college campuses.