Industry | Air Solar Water & Rain Capture

Modeling Water flow using DEM (Digital Elevation Models)

Water flow Analysis showing where micro Check dams can be located Grey areas show where water can be captured using micro-check dams so every major storm will refill the reservoir. Dark lines represent large water flow areas were larger professionally engineered dams are needed and are likely riparian zones. White areas are those where this…

Improve Economic Prospects for Poor Rural Farmers

Small village farmers on Mauritius and Rodrigues Islands have been forced by water scarcity to reduce the amount of land they can cultivate by 2/3 In some instances they have been forced to purchase expensive water from retailers bringing it around on carts. This has reduced their farm income and pushes them closer to poverty….

Micro-Capture to increase food production in dryland areas

This article discusses a low cost way to increase the food production on desert and degraded lands while reducing the impact of droughts. This is accomplished without increasing demand for ground water and can even help recharge the local aquifer. This is accomplished by maximizing water retention on the land where rain water falls so…

Reduce soil erosion & rivers lost to deforestation

This article discusses using micro-capture to mitigate damaged and water scarcity suffering caused by deforestation. Deforestation can be the root cause behind many water scarcity situations. The solution is applicable in larger context where micro-weirs can be used to provide a reliable water source for people suffering from water scarcity even in areas with…

Farmer Suicide driven by accumulated debt from failed crops, drought and desertification

43.7 billion RS liability from farmer suicides in India can be prevented. Farmer suicides in India are well publicized but we have seen similar conditions all over the world including the Nagev desert and Africa. The underlying debt problem is often aggravated by a combination of soil degradation, drought, water scarcity, mono-crops and expensive GMO seeds….

Groundwater recharge using monsoon water redirection

I discovered “Innovations in Groundwater recharge” in a linked in thread “How to collect flood waters, to be used at a later date” . I found the approach compelling and wanted to share it here. During their tests it delivered substantial recharge of ground water levels that had been dropping during the prior decade. The locations…

Wildlife Philanthropy | charity funding Wildlife, Ecology and Animals

On our how you can help page we mention that helping us gain visibility with philanthropic organizations. This is perhaps the most important task we can complete for delivering the technology to those who really need it. One of the the uses for Air Solar Water is to provide wildlife watering stations in locations where species…

During Extended Emergency Water filters are not Enough | emergency water supply

In the article “8 Fastest Ways to purify water” posted on the urban survival site Alan does a good job of explaining different water purification options. Many articles cover why water is essential to survival so suffice to say you need water and can only survive a few days without it. Surface water degrades quickly Filters…

Accepting Orders for model 83S that produces 51 ounces per day

We are accepting orders for the Air Solar Water 83s unit at $3350 USD plus freight. This price is good for Month of July 2016. Quantity Discounts are available. Each 83S will produce over 51 ounces, (1.5 liters) or 0.42 gallons of water per sunny summer day in most locations. Multiple units can be installed as an array…

Grow Dryland reverse desertfication, provide food, improve economics

Restore degraded and desertified land without Increasing Ground water demand Desertification is difficult but solvable Desertification is essentially degradation of soil so it can not longer support viable crops. This is often complicated by reduced amount of water caused by dropping aquifer’s, drought and altered rainfall patterns caused by climate change. It can be further…

Drought & Famine Mitigation in Arid Regions

AirSolarWater.com Jan 2006 – All Rights Reserved Around the world there is a lot of desert land that could be viable for agriculture but where there is inadequate water available to support the plant growth. We explore in this paper if it would be cost effective to reclaim some of this land using the Air…

Reduce impact of drought on cattle and sheep ranching

A2WH Grow Dryland Reduces financial impact of drought on cattle ranching Air to Water Harvest Airsolarwater.com Impact of Drought on Ranchers Drought hurts ranchers and herders by reducing the food supply they depend on which forces them to either sell their animals at a discount or buy abnormally expensive food both of which increase their…

Help Dry Cities Mitigate impact of Global Warming

Mitigate impact of Global Warming on Dry Cities A2WH solution harvests the water humidity in the air and converts that humidity into super clean liquid water. This can be done from personal sized units that yield a few gallons per day up through large scale infrastructure producing billions of gallons per year. All air even…

Grow Dryland Provides Water to Start Trees on desert land

The Air Solar Water grow Dryland Unit is a highly effective way for farmers to get water to their trees. Farmers can now turn abandoned dried-out parcels into prosperous orchards or cattle feeding trees. Using our unit it will be easier for trees to grow deep roots in order for trees to survive the drought….

Mitigate risks for Cities in water stressed regions

Mitigate risks for Cities in water stressed regions Water risk for cities comes in two main forms The first is from inadequate water supplies to meet the demands from their citizens. The potable water version of A2WH can help with this problem but is normally applied after all other legal and ethical alternatives have been…

Reclaim unproductive Desert Land while providing the poor with an economic chance

Reclaim unproductive Desert Land while providing the poor with an economic chance Reverse Desertification, Mitigate Soil Degradation, Improve ground water recharge, Reduce groundwater demand A2WH (Air to Water Harvest) © A2WH.COM LLC Jan 2006 – All Rights Reserved 700 million people migrating by 2030 but we can prevent it Around the world there are over…

Atlanta Georgia drought and the future

Why Atlanta should care now The great drought of 2007 has eased for the Atlanta area so much of the public attention has abated. The reality is that Atlanta and several other southern cities are living beyond their water budget. They face economic decline if new housing and development falls so they are strongly motivated…

Water Table Restoration

Water Table Restoration Air Solar Water is a AWG (Atmospheric Water Generator) or Air extraction water harvest device Water table failures can occur at worst As we have seen during the last several years in India, Darfar in the Sudan and Ethiopia pulling excess water from a water table substantially increases the risk of contamination….

AWG allows industrial growth

A2WH allows industrial growth essential for job growth A2WH.COM (A2WH.com) Air to Water Harvest technology . The rule for killing poverty There is a simple rule. To decrease poverty new job opportunities are required. To increase job opportunities new businesses need to start in or move into the area. For new businesses to move into the…

Help California meet increasing demand for water

A2WH can help California continue to meet the rapidly increasing demand for power and water California is facing many water related difficulties over the next 10 years some of which could become serious quickly in another significant drought hits California has several major cities that are already chronically short of water. Environmental concerns and associated…

Save farms during severe droughts

Save Farms and Ranches During Severe Droughts A2WH Air extraction water harvest device – Farmers spend their entire lives building equity in their farm little by little. Their entire wealth is quite often tied up in the land and animals they run on that land. Even successful farms run on slim margins so when if…

Solar Thermal Air to Water AWG Atmospheric Water Generator

Harvest Water from Air using Solar Energy (AWG) Atmospheric Water Generator Combine in Arrays to produce large amounts of water Model 83S is available to Order Now Provides safe water when there is no electricity, no fuel and no source water. Reliable during the worst drought when there is no rain. Continue to deliver water…

Commodity Agricultural use not generally viable

Commodity Agricultural use not generally viable Most farmers in the USA are paying less than $200 per acre foot and even in California the quoted cost viability limit seems to be around $800 per acre foot when growing premium crops such as citrus and almonds. The lowest we think A2WH can ever reach without fundamental…

Increase USA Drought Resilience using Air Solar Water Technology

Those of us living in the USA have for many years seen the re-occurring famine strike areas like Ethiopia where insufficient water has caused their crops to fail and natural vegetation to die off. Unfortunately it appears that the risk of this kind of disastrous event is spreading into new parts of the world including…