Design and Architecture

XPrize-winning team sources fresh water from the air

Oct 24, 2018 · 5 min · 4.2 MB
0:00-5:24

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Measure W hopes to capture water from downpours. How about simply pulling it from the air? A local design team has just won the prestigious Water Abundance Xprize competition, with a retrofitted shipping container that promises to draw H2O from the atmosphere. Ninety-eight teams entered the competition and LA's Skywater/Skysource Alliance, led by architect David Hertz with inventor Rich Groden, won.