Water from Air

I want to tell you about a product I saw this week and get your ideas.  Yesterday my friend Jon and I went to see a new water maker that is being developed here in St. Petersburg. Its called Aquventus, and the model we saw demonstrated uses new technology to take water from the air and make it available for drinking. This machine makes about 20 gallons of water a day depending on the humidity.

 

There are several applications for this technology.  Large units are used in military operations, disaster areas, islands where potable water is scarce, and many other places. The size I saw is good for home use for a family, a small office, medium sized boats, and others, to replace bottled water. And they are considering developing a smaller unit for individual use.  

I was very impressed with the product and am looking forward to them becoming available for purchase. There are other companies that make these air to water units and after doing a search of them on the web, I wasn't impressed by them. I was however, impressed with the Aquaventus unit. In the short time we looked at it, it generated about a pint of water. 

Bottled water is expensive and creates a nightmare in the problem of getting rid of the bottles. Getting the big bottles creates the problems lugging and lifting the bottles and their storage. The air to water solution will solve these and other issues and saves a ton of money. What do you pay for water these days?  How would pennies a gallon compare with what you pay now?

What do you think? Would you want one of these units if it was available today? Let us know..