07/10/2021
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Project aims to address critical shortage within Hard Rock community where nearly 10,000 families across lack access to running water..." By TOI STAFF
“We live in a region in which drinking water sources have been compromised by coal mining. Any way to mitigate the need for water while the aquifers recover is critical,” said Nicole Horseherder, Executive Director of Tó Nizhóní Ání, a local environmental group, which is one of the partners in the initiative.
“Access to clean drinking water has long been a threat to many Native communities and the onslaught of climate change is accelerating this challenge,” said Dennis Hendricks of Bright Path Strong, another local group involved in the initiative.
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The historic drought affecting the region has seen Lake Mead on the Nevada-Arizona border fall to its lowest point since it was filled in the 1930s with the construction of the Hoover Dam. As a result, Arizona faces mandatory cuts next year in its Colorado River supply.
Watergen’s water-making machines use a series of filters to purify the air. After the air is sucked in and chilled to extract its humidity, the water that forms is treated and transformed into clean drinking water.
“The drinking water crisis is the most important issue of our time, and it is for that reason that Watergen is working tirelessly to realize one goal: to bring drinking water from the air to people everywhere,” said Watergen CEO Michael Mirilashvili.
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The Generators produce up to 211 gallons (800 liters) of purified drinking water per day, depending on climate conditions. The Israeli startup will monitor the project’s effectiveness in the Hard Rock Community and evaluate whether it can be replicated elsewhere within the Navajo Nation..." 💞
Project aims to address critical drinking water shortage within Hard Rock community where nearly 10,000 families across Navajo Nation lack access to running water
