Israeli ingenuity produces safe drinking water from thin air

Depending on temperature & humidity conditions, the system produces 250-800 liters (65-210 gallons) of drinking water a day, and Water-Gen founder Arye Kohavi says it uses about 2 cents of electricity to produce a single liter of water.

By Alexander J. Apfel, TPS

A lack of water on the battlefield is not something that soldiers can afford to worry about in the heat of combat. Supplying clean water however, is not always an easy task given the dangers of any battle. 

Aware of this fact, Arye Kohavi, a former company commander in the IDF Special Forces, set about creating technology which would ensure that soldiers are never short of clean water and that the water supply is never delayed. 

Water-Gen, a company founded by Kohavi in 2009, developed revolutionary technology designed for the military which can produce clean water out of thin air by extracting water from the ambient air humidity. Continue Reading »