Potable Water from Air
The social media is all about sharing stories. A lot of times, there’s crap out there, but there are rare gems. There are stories that inspire, and give hope. There are stories that, when told properly, spark a revolution. We choose which stories to share and read. We choose which stories survive.
One story I found on my Facebook timeline today is about this collaboration between a Peru University and an advertising company. They setup a billboard that actually generates potable water out of air. Details are found in this linked article, but I am also embedding a Youtube video of this project below.
We probably thought that water was an unlimited resource. After all, about 70% of the Earth’s surface is made up of water right?
But not all water is readily usable, much less drinkable. There are areas all over the world where clean, potable water is a life-or-death issue.
The technology they used in this billboard project is something that can be replicated in many parts of the world. Granted, currently the cost of maintaining the setup might be too expensive, but harnessing the power of the sun (solar energy) could make it more affordable, and sustainable.
This is the kind of innovation and innovative-thinking we need to solve the country’s problems.
What do you think?
March 7, 2013 @ 1:39 pm
agree!
reality is human demand of water consumption might one day be more than the supply itself dahil sa pagiging wasteful ng mga tao ngayon.
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March 7, 2013 @ 4:55 pm
that billboard is something ah! they are genius!
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March 8, 2013 @ 1:59 pm
We live in an abundant world. I would like to believe that all the goodness of the earth, including the priceless water, is unlimited.
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March 8, 2013 @ 2:36 pm
Wow, agree. They are genius. Ang galing ng naisip nila! Thanks for sharing! 🙂
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March 9, 2013 @ 7:55 am
Man can live without water an if this project succeeds, it will be a great help.
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March 9, 2013 @ 8:59 am
Amazing! I hope we will have something like this in the country. If ever meron in the future, wag naman sanang gawin na negosyo!
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March 9, 2013 @ 2:39 pm
Gosh! i saw this too in FB! I super duper like and I am truly amazed.!
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March 10, 2013 @ 9:58 pm
Truly innovative! Actually, one of my high school classmates thought of a similar project in our SMT (Science, Math, & Technology) Fair then. 🙂 I’m pretty sure that Filipinos have brilliant ideas such as this. But of course, the usual issue is funding.
Thanks for sharing this, Miss Vera!
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March 11, 2013 @ 6:28 am
It’s for this reason why I always tell my kids/people in the house not to waste water. It may be abundant and all, but irresponsible use or wastage is not good. 🙂
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March 11, 2013 @ 11:09 am
This is interesting ha. Some years ago, when I was working at DENR, I have heard about making non-potable water potable. So I think this might also be possible un lang with the air pollution like heavy lead contents, I wonder how they can make the air here lead free.
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March 11, 2013 @ 11:18 am
This makes us pinoys here in pinas very very lucky since we still have an ample supply. If im not mistaken in Singapore, they use 99% recycled water from their sewage system. So since we have abundant natural resource like water to drink here, might as well conserve
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March 11, 2013 @ 11:51 am
Potable water, I say, should be one of the basic human rights. 🙂 That’s why it irks me when a restaurant cannot provide a potable service water.
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March 11, 2013 @ 12:02 pm
Wow, galing naman. Philippines is humid din, d ba? there are places where there is no potable water here! sana they would use this innovation here.
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March 11, 2013 @ 3:50 pm
We need something like this here at mother Earth. Great share!
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March 11, 2013 @ 10:17 pm
For some reason, I cannot view the photo. 🙁
March 11, 2013 @ 11:01 pm
potable water out of air? very interesting.
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March 12, 2013 @ 4:42 am
That is definitely helpful to places around the world with scarce water supply.
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March 12, 2013 @ 3:30 pm
Water is a crucial commodity so I love reading about great concepts like the one you described. 🙂
Eliz
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March 13, 2013 @ 7:44 am
this type of stories should be shared and should go viral. for sure it will stir somebody to act on it here… *crossing fingers*. the idea is clever and if successful, it would really help our urban poor.
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March 13, 2013 @ 12:12 pm
you are right, we need that kind of technology; until now their are communities here in Metro Manila – Navotas, Caloocan, etc that do not have access to potable water, what more in the provinces?
ang masakit pa this government has privatized water, kaya eto maghanda-handa tayo kasi this March tataas na naman ang bayarin sa tubig + kuryente
March 13, 2013 @ 2:12 pm
That’s a cool way of making clean water.. hope that it can help provide clean drinking water to more communities.
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March 18, 2013 @ 10:49 pm
Guess what? I went to the WorldBex in the weekend, and there was this company that offers some device to transform rain water into water that is good to use for laundry. But not for drinking though. 🙂
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February 1, 2017 @ 7:05 pm
Thats a very good idea for making portable water from air this innovating idea helps in todays developing world because there is shortage of usable water on earth. Thank you for sharing this article with us.
March 16, 2017 @ 3:07 pm
I think if we want to save water for our future generation then we have to use your ideas for making water from air and there is not more % of water left on earth which is able to drink.