Innovative Israeli-based Company Squeezes Clean Drinking Water from Air to Meet Urgent Need

"One cubic kilometer of air contains 10 to 40 thousand tons of water—enough to supply at least 100 thousand people with all their water needs, or enough 'safe' drinking water for two million."

(Beersheba, Israel)—Clean drinking water, and plenty of it, is something mostly taken for granted in developed countries like the US and Canada. However, in areas—such as parts of Africa and India—where clean water is a commodity, the need is urgent for safe, unpolluted water to drink and use.

The Israeli-based company, EWA (which stands for Extraction of Water from Air), has developed an amazing, eco-friendly and cost-effective way to extract clean water from thin air. (Photo: Israel21c.org)

Dr. Etan Bar, CEO of EWA, explained in an article on Israel21c that "one cubic kilometer of air contains 10 to 40 thousand tons of water—enough to supply at least 100 thousand people with all their water needs, or enough 'safe' drinking water for two million."

According to the report, the most crucial element to the remarkable process is its "unique water adsorption technology—which employs a solid desiccant to trap the water—and a special energy saving condenser that reuses more than 85 percent of the energy input to the system."

Bar's company had already developed a solar-energy air conditioner, but the decision was made to put that aside for now since safe water was a "far more pressing need."

Although the idea of taking water from the air seems like a new discovery, it is reportedly mentioned in the Bible, as well as in ancient Jewish prayers, and evidence of an early process has been found in archaeology.

"The technology answers the world's desires for available, clean and safe water, without air pollution from energy production, and expensive infrastructure," notes Bar.

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