The H2OLL company launches the first complete system in the Wadi Atir project. At the same time, the company is in the midst of a crowdfunding campaign, and has already crossed the 4 million NIS threshold * This article should not be seen as a kind of recommendation about the stock, but as information only.
It all started with the idea of Prof. Eran Friedler and Prof. David Brodai, faculty members in the Faculty of Civil and Environmental Engineering at the Technion: to extract water from the air. The goal: to solve one of the biggest challenges of our time - clean water for all. The two were joined by Dr. Khaled Gomid from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering, who greatly assisted in the development of the technology.
Within a few years, the idea became an alpha facility (prototype) at the Technion. This week, the first full commercial system was launched in the Negev. The translation of the research into an actual system was made possible through H2OLL, the company established for this purpose and headed by Yoav Kirsh (CEO), Ilan Katz (CTO) and Oded Distel (VP of Business Development).
According to the UN report for 2023, about 3.5 billion people suffer from a lack of clean water for at least one month of the year. The issue of access to drinking water appears in many of the 17 goals for sustainable development established by the United Nations, including realizing the right of every person to clean water, health for all, reducing inequality, dealing with climate change and its consequences. The goal set by the UN is clean water for all by 2030.
The water crisis is not limited to third world countries. About 60% of the drinking water in Los Angeles, for example, is imported, and in Europe the water goes in rivers and is constantly polluted. The bottled water market currently generates approximately 363 billion dollars per year, and H2OLL intends to take a bite out of this huge market and offer a better solution in terms of health, price and environmental protection.
The technology developed by Prof. Brodai and Prof. Friedler allows the production of water from the air even in dry and desert areas, while completely blocking chemical and biological pollutants. It is based on adsorption, unlike most companies in the field that operate on the basis of direct cooling technology, and the difference is dramatic: while producing water with direct cooling requires at least 10 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air, H2OLL's adsorption technology allows water to be produced even in desert areas, when the amount The water vapor in the air is reduced by half - about 5 grams of water vapor per kilogram of air.
The prototype built at the Technion more than four years ago produces 200 liters of water a day. This month, the company is launching the first full commercial system that will supply 1,000 liters of water per day in the Negev, Bproject and Eddie rich, within which the system will be established.
Wadi Atir is an initiative of the Bedouin community in the Negev and the International Laboratory for Sustainability, a non-profit organization based in New York. The core of the Wadi Atir project includes organic farming with various branches: raising sheep and goats and producing dairy products, growing medicinal plants and developing a line of health and cosmetic products. The project also includes a visitor center, training and education and emphasizes ecology, sustainable innovation and the integration of green technologies.
After registering a patent, winning prestigious awards and receiving a special grant from the Innovation Authority and the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the company went out incampaign מימון crowds, and so far about 4.1 million shekels have been collected in it. The goal: expanding the international marketing efforts and building the brand, connecting the technology to solar energy and developing a system that will produce about 10,000 liters of water per day. The managers of the company emphasize that the climate of the Negev is not unique, but is similar to the climate in many regions, including the southwest of the USA, northern Mexico and northern India. The company believes that H2OLL's technology can help reduce the problem of water accessibility around the world.
At the launch event of the new system in the Wadi Atir project, the following spoke: Dr. Muhammad Al-Anbari, founding member and co-chairman of the executive committee of the Wadi Atir project, Prof. Eran Friedler from the Technion and CEO of H2OLL Yoav Kirsh. The ceremony included a welcome and refreshments, a ceremonial opening of the tap, distribution of branded bottles to guests and the possibility of a guided tour of the Wadi Atir project.
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1000 liters? 1 cubic meter of water a day?
The wet dream (literally) is 10 cubic meters a day?
It's nothing and nothing!
A negligible addition that apparently it's not for nothing that they don't publish the production cost of a cube of water using this method.
Very nice
I wonder if with this method they will be able to produce water on Mars as well, for example.
South Africa needs to realize that Israel is developing ideas for sustaining life.
South Africa sues Israel for genocide and does not appreciate Israel's contribution to the world
Tossing an idea - place a large number of such systems precisely (or also) along the coastal plain, where the humidity (especially in summer) is much higher and therefore the amount of water that will be produced by them will be much greater, and then the air in the coastal plain settlements will also be a little less stuffy in summer.
The water that will be produced will be able to be added to the national drinking water system or transported separately to places where there is a water shortage.