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This Tower Pulls Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
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#22Something doesn't seen internally consistent in this article. We read about a device, that can be locally assembled, that, can draw up to 25 gallons of water a day (I would have been impressed with 1 gallon a day) - and, "In all, it costs about $500 to set up a tower...His team hopes to install two Warka Towers in Ethiopia by next year and is currently searching for investors who may be interested in scaling the wate…
I think the main reason is because it's just two industrial designers with no connections to any of the NGOs necessary to get the $500k worth of build-money and probably another $500k to $1.5mm worth of "let's make this happen" money.
Look at the front page of the website it's posted on: http://www.architectureandvision.com/ Half of the stuff there is made-up concepts, not real actual things.
If we were seeing this on the water.org website then yes I would absolutely agree with you that the two units as a "goal" is ridiculous. But since it seems like they have no serious funding yet and plane tickets to Africa aren't exactly cheap I think two units is reasonable.
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#24Something doesn't seen internally consistent in this article. We read about a device, that can be locally assembled, that, can draw up to 25 gallons of water a day (I would have been impressed with 1 gallon a day) - and, "In all, it costs about $500 to set up a tower...His team hopes to install two Warka Towers in Ethiopia by next year and is currently searching for investors who may be interested in scaling the wate…
I think the main reason is because it's just two industrial designers with no connections to any of the NGOs necessary to get the $500k worth of build-money and probably another $500k to $1.5mm worth of "let's make this happen" money. Look at the front page of the website it's posted on: http://www.architectureandvision.com/ Half of the stuff there is made-up concepts, not real actual things. If we were seeing this o…
This looks like a perfect idea for a kickstarter campaign, though...
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#25Something doesn't seen internally consistent in this article. We read about a device, that can be locally assembled, that, can draw up to 25 gallons of water a day (I would have been impressed with 1 gallon a day) - and, "In all, it costs about $500 to set up a tower...His team hopes to install two Warka Towers in Ethiopia by next year and is currently searching for investors who may be interested in scaling the wate…
Making a physical product that may have to be tailored to varying specific requirements could be difficult, meric above mentioned technology / skill transfer where an assumed solution may not have an optimal effect, or be even be disastrous - I'm sure they're honing an experience set and training and maintenance manual. Sewage works may be a tangential example. Many sewage treatment plants basically work by sifting h…
honing an experience set
You are the first person to put those words together: https://www.google.com/search?q=%22honing+an+experience+set%...
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#26Isn't the generated/collected water like condensed water free of any kind of salts etc. that would naturally occur in ground/drinking water, so shouldn't it be unsafe to drink large amounts of it (much like it is unsafe to drink large amounts of salt/sea water due to the saline imbalance)? I wonder how/if they address this?
It is unsafe to drink sea water due to high salt content.
Therefore, drinking water with no salt content is also unsafe.
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#27Earlier quoted context omitted.
I think the main reason is because it's just two industrial designers with no connections to any of the NGOs necessary to get the $500k worth of build-money and probably another $500k to $1.5mm worth of "let's make this happen" money. Look at the front page of the website it's posted on: http://www.architectureandvision.com/ Half of the stuff there is made-up concepts, not real actual things. If we were seeing this o…
This looks like a perfect idea for a kickstarter campaign, though...
From https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics:
> Kickstarter does not allow charity, cause,
> or "fund my life" projects. Check out our
> project guidelines for details.Re: This Tower Pulls Drinking Water Out of Thin Air
#28The concept of air wells has been around for awhile, but it's good that they're able to keep the costs low and build it from local materials with local labor.
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#29Not just Africa, there are many places in India mainly the tribal villages where the women walk for more than 3 kms to carry 10 litres of fresh water.
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#30Earlier quoted context omitted.
This looks like a perfect idea for a kickstarter campaign, though...
From https://www.kickstarter.com/help/faq/kickstarter%20basics : > Kickstarter does not allow charity, cause, > or "fund my life" projects. Check out our > project guidelines for details.
"Hi. We're warka tower.
Pay $1000 and we'll make two warka towers, one for you and one for africa. You must pick up yours*
*If you fail to pick it up in X days we'll take it to Africa"