Johann Grander

In 2009, another New Zealand company, Big Blue Limited involved in the "energised" water using "Wasser 2000 Vibration Technology" was fined $25,000 in the Auckland District Court for making false claims.

In 2006, the Viennese Oberlandesgericht ruled that the claim that seriously ill people may forgo medical treatment and trust in the effects of the revitalized water does not constitute fraud because the vendor guarantees a right of return. They also ruled that Grander's revitalized water may adequately be described as "esoteric nonsense".

In 2005 Ecoworld NZ Ltd was fined $60,000 and ordered to pay $68,000 in compensation to consumers that bought their Grander Living Water units. The judge said that the promotional material for these units "contained inconsistencies, quackery and pseudo-science.".

In 2001, the Republic of Austria recognized the life work of Johann Grander with the Honorary Cross for Science and Art. A 2008 parliamentary initiative to strip him of the award on the grounds of missing scientific merits was unsuccessful. The reason given was that the only other person stripped of the award was a Nazi doctor and that Grander's case was less severe.

In 1978, Grander gave up his profession and founded the Grander family business for original Grander technology in 1979. His approach to the study of the anomalous properties of water is similar to Masaru Emoto, Viktor Schauberger, Jacques Benveniste et al. Grander's family continue in activities for the treatment, production and marketing of revitalized water and water treatment equipment.

Johann Grander was born on April 24, 1930 in Jochberg, Tyrol, Austria.