Nanotech textile converts air humidity into clean drinking water
More than two billion people live in countries affected by a lack of clean drinking water. Soon, a Canadian innovation — inspired by a biological adaptation found in certain lizard species — will make it possible for people to pull a glass of water right out of the air. The company, called Read More...
Researchers develop nifty device that can use waste CO2 to purify wastewater
Access to clean water is something that many of us take for granted, but it's a serious problem across much of the world. Now researchers at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) Canberra have tested a new method for sterilizing water using hot bubbles of carbon dioxide, which they've found to Read More...
For every product sold, P&G donates one liter of clean water to areas in need
Clean water is a pressing need in many areas of the world and delivering services that can mitigate the issue is a big challenge. That’s why, in collaboration with Walmart International, P&G has set out a project that allows consumers to help bring clean drinking water to children, families, Read More...
Innovative material uses sunlight to purify drinking water
Considering that more than 2 billion people worldwide lack access to safe drinking water, innovative solutions to the global water crisis are at an all-time premium. With that in mind, a team of researchers has recently developed a “green” material that uses sunlight to purify enough daily Read More...
Designers created a shipping container that mimics clouds to create clean water
In 2016, the competition asked designers to build a device that could extract at least 2,000 liters of water a day from the atmosphere, use clean energy, and cost no more than 2¢ a liter. From the competition came a shipping container that can use clean energy to extract clean waters out of thin Read More...
An ingenious way to bring clean water to a slum
Gangs control the water supply in much of Nairobi's Kibera slum. This is how one man used an innovative idea to take them on and bring clean water to the Read More...
Tesla CEO is providing schools in Flint with new water filtration systems
Flint has been suffering from a lack of access to clean water for over a year now due to lead contamination. That’s why Elon Musk and his foundation for technological developments has granted nearly half a million dollars to schools in Flint in order to install new water filtration systems. The Read More...