In excess of one billion people currently do not have access to clean drinking water, and this figure is expected to rise to at least 3 billion by 2025.
It is not just a shortage of water that is causing these problems, but also the wasteful and totally unsustainable use of the water supplies that are currently available.
Are Solar-Powered Atmospheric Water Generators the Future?
There is approximately 1.4 quadrillion litres of water in the atmosphere every single day, which can be tapped by making use of dehumidification technology to supply pure, fresh atmospheric drinking water.
One of the projects that is intending making good use of dehumidification technology to create an additional source of water for an arid region is the Menorah Islands Project.
The project is intended to create a complex of nine artificial islands, seven permanent and two that emerge from the water, off the coast of Israel in the Mediterranean Sea. The region offers beautiful landscapes, and is a wonderful area to both play and work, but being that the area is rather arid, supplies of fresh drinking water will be a problem, hence the call for solar-powered atmospheric water generators (AWGs) to be used.
An AWG is somewhat like a magician in that it extracts water from the humidity in the atmosphere, veritably creating fully potable water out of thin air. Dehumidification is being hailed as an increasingly important solution to addressing potable drinking water and water shortages in various regions of the world and many countries are looking hard at this technology for future use.
Solar-powered atmospheric water generators are capable of generating several thousands of litres of potable water per day; even a tiny home model can produce around 30 litres of potable water every 24 hours. These AWGs work best in hot, humid areas and are very environmentally-friendly in that they only use solar power so they are definitely something to look at to resolve water-shortage problems, including in poorer and rural areas.
Rent water coolers from Living-Water. Get a free water dispenser trial. Living-water sells premium bottled water coolers or mains-fed water coolers.
