potable water Archives – The Green Optimistic green tech news, since 2008 Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:42:21 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 2667534 Fontus, Solar Powered Device That Harvests Water From Air https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fontus-harvest-water-air/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fontus-harvest-water-air/#respond Fri, 24 Jul 2015 19:42:21 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=55937 Fontus is a smart compact solar-powered device that can pull out moisture from the air when attached to a moving bicycle. Hydration is the key to maximum performance at any sport. Drinking enough water is the easiest and safest way to ensure that your body is operating the way it should, without putting any pressure […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fontus-harvest-water-air/feed/ 0 55937 Artistic and Functional Potable Water for Parched Areas https://www.greenoptimistic.com/artistic-functional-potable-water-parched-areas-20140806/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/artistic-functional-potable-water-parched-areas-20140806/#respond Wed, 06 Aug 2014 17:09:35 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=48775 Not everyone has easy access to potable water, some of the world’s poorest reduced to drinking whatever is available or being forced to walk for miles to get whatever is available. For some of us, potable water is as close as the nearest tap, turning a handle brings treated water right into our kitchens. Of […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/artistic-functional-potable-water-parched-areas-20140806/feed/ 0 48775 Ridiculous – Guy Pees in Reservoir, Portland Drains 38 Million Gallons of Potable Water https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ridiculous-portland-drains-38-million-gallons-potable-water-20140418/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ridiculous-portland-drains-38-million-gallons-potable-water-20140418/#comments Fri, 18 Apr 2014 17:18:00 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=47079 Open-air reservoirs are slowly becoming a thing of the past, judging from what Portland did to its thirty-eight million gallon reservoir of potable water after someone urinated in it. The last time this happened, Portland’s reservoir of potable water only lost eight million gallons, at a cost of more than $30,000 to the city, all […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/ridiculous-portland-drains-38-million-gallons-potable-water-20140418/feed/ 2 47079 Water Wars: Nestlé CEO Wants to Privatize Water Resources https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-wars-nestle-wants-privatize-water-resources-20131210/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-wars-nestle-wants-privatize-water-resources-20131210/#respond Tue, 10 Dec 2013 14:50:58 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=44349 Water is essential to life, and places that do not have a sufficient supply of fresh water are barren and abandoned. Climate change is sure to lead to future water wars. Clear evidence of this can be seen in the vast deserts around the world, the Sahara, Mojave, and Gobi, for example, where only passersby, […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/water-wars-nestle-wants-privatize-water-resources-20131210/feed/ 0 44349 Fog Harvesting Yields Potable Water More Efficiently, MIT [Video] https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fog-harvesting-yields-potable-water-efficiently-mit-video-20130906/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fog-harvesting-yields-potable-water-efficiently-mit-video-20130906/#respond Fri, 06 Sep 2013 14:25:28 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=41416 There are many places in the world that have limited sources of potable water, whether because of limited rainfall or polluted water sources. Without sufficient potable water, the health of possibly billions of people remains at risk. For example, Lima, Perú, is the second-largest capital city located in a desert. With a population of 8.5 […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/fog-harvesting-yields-potable-water-efficiently-mit-video-20130906/feed/ 0 41416 Drinkable Water Obtained by Engineers from Sewage, Bill Gates Involved https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineers-turn-sewage-into-potable-water-20130710/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineers-turn-sewage-into-potable-water-20130710/#comments Thu, 11 Jul 2013 02:50:38 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=39139 Engineers from the University of Missouri and Duke University can now turn human waste into drinkable water. Assisted by a $1.18 grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and its Reinvent the Toilet challenge, engineers have the goal to develop a working prototype at Duke University within 15 months that can turn sewage into […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/engineers-turn-sewage-into-potable-water-20130710/feed/ 1 39139 Lima, Perú – Freshwater From a Billboard, University of Engineering and Technology https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lima-peru-freshwater-from-a-billboard-university-of-engineering-and-technology-20130227/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lima-peru-freshwater-from-a-billboard-university-of-engineering-and-technology-20130227/#respond Wed, 27 Feb 2013 21:36:56 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=34151 If there’s one thing that mars a skyline worse than a building in front of your favorite mountaintop, it’s probably a billboard. Of course, a billboard is put there in your face for exactly that reason, so you take notice of it. In Lima, Perú, the University of Engineering and Technology [UTEC] has re-imagined the […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/lima-peru-freshwater-from-a-billboard-university-of-engineering-and-technology-20130227/feed/ 0 34151 Shocking USGS Image Shows How Much Potable Water We Actually Have Available https://www.greenoptimistic.com/usgs-potable-water-earth-20120514/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/usgs-potable-water-earth-20120514/#comments Mon, 14 May 2012 15:41:47 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=24470 The USGS (United States Geological Survey) has published a post on their water-related website that shows an amazing 3D rendering of actually how much water exists on Earth and how much of that water is potable. You can see the results on the left – they shocked me. The blue sphere floating above the Earth […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/usgs-potable-water-earth-20120514/feed/ 1 24470 Homemade Water Distiller Built in Less Than an Hour https://www.greenoptimistic.com/homemade-water-distiller/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/homemade-water-distiller/#comments Tue, 09 Aug 2011 17:03:49 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=20048 Here is a simple but efficient homemade water distiller that should be able to help us meet our daily water needs. As one of the most important elements of life, water can cause serious inconveniences when missing. Speaking of potable water, you have to admit that the idea of drinking tap water has become, for […]

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/homemade-water-distiller/feed/ 12 20048 Aeolus: Wind-Powered Mechanical Desalination System https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aeolus-wind-power-desalination-20101022/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aeolus-wind-power-desalination-20101022/#respond Fri, 22 Oct 2010 13:54:59 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11389 There are more than two billion people worldwide with no access to drinking water. This is the reason why researchers over the globe are trying to find solutions such as desalination.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/aeolus-wind-power-desalination-20101022/feed/ 0 11389 MIT's New Water Desalination System Powered by Solar Energy https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-solar-powered-water-desalination-system-20101018/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-solar-powered-water-desalination-system-20101018/#comments Mon, 18 Oct 2010 06:15:16 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=11252 A group of researchers from MIT's Field and Space Robotics Laboratory (FSRL) in the Department of Mechanical Engineering found a new way to combat the lack of potable water from disaster zones and remote regions.

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]]> https://www.greenoptimistic.com/mit-solar-powered-water-desalination-system-20101018/feed/ 1 11252 Solar-Powered System Extracts Potable Water from Air https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-system-extracts-potable-water-from-air-20090607/ https://www.greenoptimistic.com/solar-powered-system-extracts-potable-water-from-air-20090607/#comments Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:16:02 +0000 https://www.greenoptimistic.com/?p=3693 For many people from urban areas the access to potable water is very low. To combat the water crisis, scientists had to design systems that can help provide clean drinking water from something that is omnipresent.

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