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Generate large amounts of fresh water from thin air at low cost

Posted 3 days agoSocial ImpactOtherBusinessFaced by People in arid and water-stressed regions

Many regions lack reliable freshwater sources and cannot easily build pipelines or desalination plants. Pulling water from the atmosphere has been too expensive and energy-hungry to be practical. The challenge is a device that extracts a substantial daily volume of clean water from the air using only renewable energy and at very low cost per liter.

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