By NoCamels
Team
Military troops around the world, no matter where they are instated,
know that even with the best training, personnel and arms, they cannot survive
battle if they are lacking one vital thing: water.
Among the concerns of military heads is to ensure water sources are
always available, even in the most arid of places.
One Israeli company took up the challenge to ensure water can be
readily available, anywhere and at any time, by extracting it from the most
common of things: air.
Water-Gen,
based in Rishon LeZion, Israel, specializes in
water generation and water treatment technologies integrated with tactical
military vehicles and ground units.
Their technology extracts water from the
ambient air humidity, and turns it into drinking water.
Initially, the system filters the air so that
water can be extracted and accommodated in containers.
Then, it is cooled and purified into drinking
water. This water can be served from a tap within the system or inside the
cabin.
Chairmen and
co-CEO, Arye Kohavi, says that “water
transportation is one of the most common reasons for the departure of convoys
across Afghanistan. These convoys are attacked and have casualties.”
He adds that
“if we can produce the water at the exact
point where it is consumed, we spare the need to transport water and reduce the
risk and expenses.”
According to the Water-Gen, the device, which
can be fitted onto vehicles, produces 10-20 gallons (40-80 liters) of pure
drinking water a day, even in harsh weather and field conditions.
The system, which is operated by solar or
electric energy, is designed to meet military needs and standards, the company
adds.
The company has wide-scale pending patents for
the systems and technology.
In 2011, it completed a three-week experiment
with US Army ground units (Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment), in which its
systems provided the soldiers drinking water throughout the drills.
Eventually, Water-Gen hopes the technology can
be implemented not just in the military, but in water-scarce regions around the
world too.
The United States, India, The UK, Spain and the
UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) have already shown interest in the company’s
products.
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