Pure drinking water is a basic amenity that is required by men to live healthy lives. Man has tried various methods to purify water since ancient times. The water purification systems they used did improve the taste of water and help remove odors; however, these systems did little to remove the disease causing microbes. The dreaded cholera and typhoid epidemics were caused by impure water. With the advent of science and technology, numerous water purification systems such as reverse osmosis, distillation and UV water filtration have been invented. However, all these methods primarily purify ground or surface water in order to produce pure drinking water. Which brings us to an uncomfortable truth – can the toxic wastes present in surface water be removed completely by these methods?

Industrial growth has come at a price that might be hard to pay. We have dumped immeasurable quantities of toxic wastes into our sources of potable water over the years. The toxic industrial wastes, pesticides from the agricultural fields and sewage have not only polluted the surface water but also seeped through to the ground water level to a limit from which there is no coming back. Even the developed countries use minerals like chlorine and fluoride, two carcinogenic minerals, for water treatment purposes. The lead used in plumbing systems pollutes drinking water supplies. At this rate, surface water will not remain fit for any use, leave alone drinking.

This pitiable condition of surface water has forced scientists to turn towards atmospheric water for a feasible and cost effective solution. Finally, we have a technology that can actually create water from air. This technology uses atmospheric moisture to create pure drinking water. All that needs to be done is to connect the unit to a power supply, and that’s it – it does the rest. This is also a commercially practical option since a home water purification system that uses this technology capable of producing 1 gallon of 99.99% pure drinking water at a cost of half a dollar.

The home water purification appliances that use this technology can normally create up to 12 gallons of 99.99% pure drinking water per day. The appliances built for commercial use can create up to 24 gallons of pure drinking water everyday. One such appliance created by Atmospheric Water Systems, Inc., uses a four-stage water filtration system in order to remove the slightest of impurities.

In order to insure a zero bacteria count, they use a patented system. The built-in “Antibiotic Air-Filtration System” purifies the incoming air-flow in order to remove airborne microbes. The UV water filtration system takes care of the remaining impurities in order to produce the best quality drinking water. This device also doubles up as a water dispenser that provides both hot and cold water on demand and has child proof hot water safety guard valves.

This green technology is eco-friendly, uses minimal energy and can finally help us put an end to those millions of plastic bottles used to supply bottled water.