Solar-Powered Spectra Watermaker for When You Head for the Hills
by Lloyd Alter, Toronto on 09.23.08
If Mark is right and it is TEOWAWKI time, we'll need this solar powered water purification system, which uses wind and solar power to pump and purify up to 6500 gallons each day from brackish water; the seawater version can produce 925 gallons per day. On a sunny, windy day it will provide excess energy that can be used for other purposes.
It is designed for disaster: "During an emergency, when the water supply has become undrinkable, the Spectra land-based Solar Cube units can be lifesaving. These systems are completely self-contained and portable. They can operate independent of the grid when power is down. Power can be supplied by the attached solar panels and wind generator, or by an auxiliary generator."
Installation in Pakistan
"One unit could sustain hundreds of families during a disaster. It can also provide enough excess energy for emergency disaster officials to power refrigeration for emergency medical supplies, keep a laptop online, or ensure that crisis communications equipment remains operational." More information from Spectra Watermakers via ::CleanTechnica
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Awesome
They put one in Pakistan. Great. Any ready for Galveston? New Orleans?
Thanks for this wonderful bit of information. Glad to hear that companies are using existing green technologies to develop systems that can be utilized in emergencies.
so why aren't these actually used in emergency situations where they would be helpful?
after Katrina when people were dying for lack of care? how about in Galveston where whole islands are gone? where were these when south america was slammed last year? how about after the tsunami in India (etc) a couple years ago?
great technology is just junk if it's not being used. . .
Why not? The SSW3500 costs $58k.