Comments on: Making Drinking Water From Thin Air (Literally)

By: anotherpatel

anotherpatel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:02:25 +0000

Well said…I could not agree more.

By: anotherpatel

anotherpatel — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 17:00:30 +0000

Although this is an amazing technology, I don't think this will be a viable solution for water conservation, particularly in the US. Especially when, considering all of the other easier, more cost effective things that can be done to save water. That being said, I think these efforts should be applauded as they will lead to other great ideas that will be able to have an immediate impact on the way we think about and use water.

Amit
www.GreenZu.com

By: waterwhich

waterwhich — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:21:44 +0000

I've owned an Atmospheric Water Generator now for about a year and i can tell you all in complete honesty, i have not noticed any escalation in my monthly electric bills at all when compared to last years electricity usage. You can have the best kitchen filter set up in the world but you are still filtering already polluted/treated ground water. I am drinking water that has NEVER been on the ground and therefore is purer than any other water source. I might add that my water is safe from potential terrorism, is yours? Instead of negating so much about an AWG, we need to start thinking "outside the box". Did you know the EPA has just released a statement that approx 95% of all tap water municipalities are in violation of exceeding allowable limits for contaminates? This tells me that we need to avoid drinking tap water. Bottled water
is no better since the majority of bottled water is just tap water anyway and the use of plastic bottles has created a devastating impact on our environment, not to mention the petroleum chemicals that leach from the bottles. ( google youtube "tapped trailer") Regarding the pH of AWG water, I don't know about other manufacturers, but the "DewPointe" brand that I own has a natural mineral infuser that makes water with a pH of 6.5-7.5+ which is alkalinic and good for the body.
I am sure an AWG will become thee next appliance everyone will have and depend on, it only makes sense. Where else can you find a safer, purer water source? Too expensive? The company that makes "DewPointe" offers an affordable leasing program. see allaboutgreenstuff.com for complete info on the "DewPointe" AWG. Cheers!

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 00:53:38 +0000

I've been using this “Dumb Idea” for over five years for my primary drinking water. All I can say is don”t knock it till you try it.
My water has 7ppm and taste like water should. I havent spent a penny on bottled water, Plus atmospheric water is much better tasting. Every day I fill glass bottles to take with me and drink thru-out the day.
NO PLASTIC BOTTLES to end up in the ocean.
This is a very green way to have the plants purest water. And if you hook it up to a solar panel, much of it could be free.

By: Matt

Matt — Fri, 04 Dec 2009 04:12:26 +0000

Agreed

By: BDan

BDan — Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:01:44 +0000

Didn’t you know that fluoridation is a communist plot to pollute our precious bodily fluids?

By: cyndi lee

cyndi lee — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 15:26:15 +0000

This has to be the most anti-environmental invention since the Hummer. A 500W power consumption to obtain a few liters of water a day?!?

This would use billions and billions times as much energy as tap water. I didnt think someone could create a more wasteful water delivery system than putting the stuff in throwaway plastic bottles and trucking it to destinations, but this machine would actually use even more energy than that.

By: Bruce McHenry

Bruce McHenry — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:07:28 +0000

This is truly revolutionary iff one has unlimited free power and no water, not even sewage. Otherwise, it is the most inefficient, expensive and environmentally unfriendly idea I can recall. What exactly are the writers for this phoney green site trained in? Obviously, they can copy press kit materials. Do they have a clue about how to analyze and think? There is not much sign of that here.

By: WaterFilterReview

WaterFilterReview — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:50:05 +0000

It’s always a question of cost vs added value. For $1600.00 I think it’s a bit steep.

Check out http://www.ted.com/talks/michael_pritchard_invents_a_water_filter.html

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:56:34 +0000

I have been using dehumidifier for years, and I want that multi-stage filtering process before I drink that water, that stuff is pretty nasty if used in the basement, and the basement is really the only place where there is enough moisture in the air to meet the needs of most people. I don’t think one can just GO OUT and buy a filter to run it through, there is still the matter of taste…

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:49:14 +0000

Thats funny, if in Arizona those machines could be animated like in the cartoon’s it would huff and puff until it’s face turned red with an Ice pack on the head, until finally it squeezes out one drop of water like it just had a baby…

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:44:52 +0000

I don’t know, you aren’t reluctant about tap water and there is another MORE involved bodily function that goes into that?

By: Zach

Zach — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 04:41:38 +0000

Great idea, but one thing that happens in my apartment with my De-humidifier is that it sucks every drop of moisture from the air, and my de-humidifier doesn’t sound nearly as efficient OR capable of removing water from the air. This purifier can store “gallons” of water, where my unit may store ONE GALLON.

The AIR in my Den becomes SO DRY that even my skin feels dried out and I reach for the lotion after approximately one quart of water is removed from the house, making the reason for having a de-humidifier only minimally more uncomfortable than the described “side effect” of TOO LITTLE moisture in the air, creating an untenable situation for People with Asthma OR other breathing/ Lung deficits.

I think for $1600.00 people need to understand that your indoor environment will be subjected to an extremely powerful de-humidifier essentially, this is especially easy to understand when compared to a simple de-humidifier that will work 24 hours to pull from a half gallon to one gallon of moisture from the AIR while the DewPointe DH9 Atmospheric Water Purification System can pull 2.5 gallons of water from the air in that same 24 span.

Wait and see.

By: MJR

MJR — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 19:01:11 +0000

Excellent, can be used in African and Subsaharan countries where electricity is provided but no clean drinking water. Lot os places in SouthEast Asia have eletricity but no clean water.

UN might provide funding.