The project of the Tunisian tech startup Kumulus aims to combat the lack of water that affects over 1 billion people worldwide
create water from the air
THE drinking water it seems to be a luxury, as 1.1 billion people have no access to water and 2.7 billion suffer from water shortages at least one month a year.
Nearly a third of schools worldwide are deprived of drinking water, while 500,000 children under the age of 5 die each year due to poor water quality.
Drinking water is one of the greatest threats to humanity and estimates indicate that 600 million children will live in areas with extremely limited water resources by 2040.
The Tunisian tech startup Kumulus accepted the challenge and presented a new sustainable invention. They created a machine that takes water from the sun and the air.
The aim of the project is to provide drinking water in an economical and sustainable way, producing between 20 and 30 liters per day without any external power supply or additional water source.
A right, not a luxury
The Kumulus team designed a machine that converts moisture into drinking water. According to the UN General Assembly, access to clean water is a human right, and that’s what the Tunisian tech startup is trying to achieve with this project.
This machine provides access to a safe and stable source of drinking water, even in arid areas such as the North African desert. The company supplies the devices to schools and villages without drinking water.
And it also offers to factories, offices and hotels in an effort to reduce the use of plastic bottled water.
According to its website, the Kumulus-1 is an atmospheric water generator (AWG) that produces 20 to 30 liters of drinking water per day. It is a completely self-contained machine, easy to transport and simple to set up and maintain.
Air enters the machine and passes through the first air filter to clean pollutants. Then, during the cooling of the air, the water contained in it condenses on the surfaces of the machine from where it can be collected in a water tank.
Its chubby shape, designed by interior and product designer Zouhair Ben Jannet, can fit into a small cube and be equipped with a solar panel, making it completely self-contained. This project aims to alleviate the shortage of drinking water and reduce plastic waste, adding a playful shape to the space in which it is installed.
* Through Designboom
Source: Terra
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