Farming the Air for Water

[Don1]

This Tower Pulls Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
Designer Arturo Vittori says his invention can provide remote villages with more than 25 gallons of clean drinking water per day



By Tuan C. Nguyen
SMITHSONIAN.COM
APRIL 8, 2014

In some parts of Ethiopia, finding potable water is a six-hour journey.

People in the region spend 40 billion hours a year trying to find and collect water, says a group called the Water Project. And even when they find it, the water is often not safe, collected from ponds or lakes teeming with infectious bacteria, contaminated with animal waste or other harmful substances.

[Gamma]

A dehumidifier does the same thing but the water is not potable. What is the difference?

[Willi]

Perhaps it does not use toxic metals like commercial dehumidifiers, stuff like lead, for example.

[Don1]

A dehumidifier does the same thing but the water is not potable. What is the difference?

the water is not potable.

[Gamma]

why?

[Gamma]

i would think that a part of it has to do with what may be in the water particles in the air ... that is what concerns me.

[Don1]

why?

Contaminants from the filter process. Also a mechanical device requiring electricity & maintenance would not be appropriate for the circumstances intended