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water out of thin air – star trek style

 

An arid desert from where water is planned to be extracted (by porous means) from the atmosphere.

This Jordanian startup has, it seems, finally come to the rescue of humanity. And it is straight to the point, too: Producing Clean, Drinking Water from Desert Air. 

Beyond doubt, it means that the magical-sounding system from this incredibly named company can produce water in the lush valleys of Nepal, too. Reason: if it can produce water from an arid desert, it can definitely produce water from climates less arid than a desert. So let me recount a story on why this machinery is suitable for Nepal along with the rest of the world.

As everyone in the world knows, Nepal is a country full of all kinds of landscapes. There are forests, valleys, plateaus, almost-peninsulas, almost-islands, flatlands, badlands, grasslands, waterfalls, cliffs, mountains, canyons, gorges, caves, hills, and even a sea (albeit 500 km away). But no desert. No desert? How come? This question troubled some important government officials in the '80s. Extremely unhappy with the fact, they decided why could Nepal not have a desert of its own? Why? So they consulted the geologists from far and wide and lobbied to get a desert inside Nepal's map. The geologists took a fat book and looked up the list of places where they could fit in a place that they could call a desert in Nepal. First they searched in the lower Tarai regions and then the middle hills. Nope. No deserts here. Finally as wise as they were, they ordered the geologists to look for deserts inside the mountainous region of Nepal. (Tarai and Hills having already been scoured). With extreme zeal and caution, the geologists looked into the mountains where they were left awestruck when they saw Mustang, the arid village in the rain-shadow of the mighty eight thousanders. And that is what we know today as the only official desert of Nepal!

So, you see, Aquaporo is fit for Nepal as well. I'm planning on getting one for my town as well. Now let's get back to Aquaporo.

More than 50% of the world’s population lives in water-stressed areas. Water resources are being depleted faster than can be replenished, drinking water is quickly becoming scarce, and climate change is only exacerbating the problem. However, there is a golden opportunity to provide a solution to the water scarcity and independence problems that countries around the world and their people are facing: at any moment, there exist 13 sextillion (1021) litres of water in the atmosphere. How do we harvest it for practical use? This the question that started it all.

A bit of technical lowdown here: It says that in contrast to existing commercial atmospheric water generating (AWG) devices, AquaPoro’s patented AWG device is capable of capturing, concentrating, and condensing water vapour from air even in arid, desert regions due to the porous nanomaterial adsorbents that serve as the basis for water capture.

All I can say is that they deserve kudos and applause for undertaking the effort. The world is going to need it as landscapes might turn desert-like anyway — if this over-exploitation continues.

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