New Product Generates Water from Air Moisure
Coming in September from a duo of British Columbia entrepreneurs: the Water Mill, which claims it can extract more than 3 gallons of water a day from the moisture in the air and then funnel it to your tap, or fridge or water cooler, or wherever. It’s been designed for home use, connects to your household current at a cost of 36 cents per day, and is this innovative company’s answer to the world’s growing water shortages. Building a new home? Might want to incorporate a few of these.
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I love innovations like this.
Dehumidifiers take water out of the air. Add some filters and plumbing, and you get this product.
I don’t see the innovation.
Todd, very difficult to retro-fit plumbing for dehumidifiers and assure safe filtering. This idea has been played with for years in/on island communities that require reverse osmosis for survival. And, globally, there is not one single system affordable for poverty saturated populations. 36 cents a day to provide water is an innovation given a water plant can be upwards of $5M, and a well $86K.
Interesting. I suppose your mileage will vary depending on the climate you’re in. You might be waiting a long time for your water to collect in Arizona.
Hm, you mentioned the cost of drilling for a well. It’d be interesting to see if these could save homeowners that expense in out-of-the-way off-the-grid kids of areas.