endobj /Pg 36 0 R << /Ascent 891 << /Pg 23 0 R /S /H1 >> endobj 153 0 obj << 140 0 obj /P 50 0 R << /Pg 23 0 R By continuing to use this site, you agree to our use of cookies. endobj endobj 139 0 R 141 0 R 143 0 R 145 0 R 146 0 R 149 0 R 151 0 R 153 0 R 155 0 R 157 0 R 159 0 R >> /ca 1 219 0 obj /Pg 36 0 R /P 241 0 R /P 41 0 R >> 306 0 obj 395 0 obj /ExportState /ON The design for the Warka Tower comes from inspiration of the Warka tree. Evaluation methods/protocols/guidelines referenced by designer or manufacturer. 113 0 obj endobj >> /K [ 64 0 R ] << 394 0 obj /K [ 213 0 R ] /Pg 23 0 R The impact of tainted water on the health of communities is shocking. The team hopes to train locals in each community who can then build towers in surrounding villages, thereby creating jobs and boosting the local economy. >> << /ItalicAngle 0 /Pg 15 0 R The Warka Water towers are constructed mainly with natural and biodegradable materials such as bamboo, hemp and bio-plastic. /FontWeight 700 >> /S /LI /P 271 0 R << endobj /Type /Font /Event /View /Length 14614 >> endobj endobj a bamboo frame supports a mesh polyester material inside. 203 0 obj /Print << Warka Water does not mass produce products and products are produced on a case-by-case basis, generally co-designed with communities. /S /Span Each year, many children die of diarrhea and other illnesses, such as malnutrition, pneumonia and malaria. /CA 1 /S /LI /Widths 397 0 R /P 371 0 R In some parts of Ethiopia, finding potable water is a six-hour journey. >> 397 0 obj Fenyvesi, K., et al., 2016. 208 0 obj /P 41 0 R endobj /Pg 33 0 R endobj >> /BaseFont /Times#20New#20Roman >> /StructParents 0 /S /P /P 217 0 R /URI (http://www.skywell.com/product/) /Flags 32 endobj 217 0 obj endobj 236 0 obj /K [ 22 ] No known safety hazards are related to this product. << /K [ 0 ] >> /S /Span 205 0 R 207 0 R 209 0 R 211 0 R 213 0 R 215 0 R 216 0 R 219 0 R 221 0 R 223 0 R 225 0 R /S /Span /K [ 173 0 R ] /P 68 0 R /K [ 12 ] /P 379 0 R /Pg 33 0 R /S /InlineShape endobj /P 271 0 R Our team will review for revision / removal. endobj /S /LBody << >> /Pg 36 0 R << >> << << /K 74 Alas, there is no there thereGranders miraculous claims have been repeatedly disproven, and in 2005 a new company got hit with a $50,000 quackery fine for misleading people about the benefits of Grander Living Water Units, a phony filtration system that the business was peddling for $1,200 to $10,000 apiece. /Widths 396 0 R >> endobj /K 80 /P 68 0 R /S /Span Nothing less. /Pg 23 0 R 301 0 R 303 0 R 374 0 R 375 0 R 376 0 R 377 0 R 378 0 R 379 0 R ] 298 0 obj 7 0 obj /S /Span endobj /Pg 15 0 R /S /Span >> endobj /StructTreeRoot 39 0 R /Leading 42 Thank you! >> endobj And even when they find it, the water is often not safe, collected from ponds or lakesteeming withinfectious bacteria, contaminated with animal waste or other harmful substances. /Pg 3 0 R /FontWeight 400 /Pg 3 0 R 151 0 obj /CapHeight 693 /K [ 32 ] << /P 41 0 R [ 278 ] << endobj /Pg 15 0 R Political Intransigence and Your Inner Elephant. 93 0 obj /S /H1 /P 41 0 R /S /TD 500 500 500 278 278 564 564 0 0 0 722 667 667 722 611 556 722 722 333 389 722 611 endobj /P 147 0 R << /S /TD endobj << << /Pg 36 0 R endobj /Ascent 891 /P 147 0 R 667 0 722 1000 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 500 556 444 556 444 333 500 556 278 333 556 278 endobj /P 334 0 R /K [ 31 ] endobj << endobj >> << /Obj 22 0 R /P 41 0 R /S /P 321 0 obj /K [ 225 0 R ] << /K 64 183 0 R 185 0 R 187 0 R 188 0 R 191 0 R 193 0 R 195 0 R 197 0 R 199 0 R 201 0 R 202 0 R /Pg 23 0 R 405 0 obj >> /K [ 15 ] /FontName /Arial,Bold endobj /Pg 23 0 R >> 268 0 obj /P 118 0 R /P 241 0 R The Warka tower, named after the Ethiopian fig tree, is designed to provide water through three methods: rainwater, fog harvesting, and dew condensation. << << Since 2015, 9 Warka towers have been built and implemented in Togo, Cameroon, Haiti, and Ethiopia. >> /DescendantFonts 29 0 R /K 12 102 0 obj >> >> << DA*#23"#<1ckH|xt>o~:|8}~ya>>>?o~wllFgqoo}l>(ywQ"|G0~.p?0376/WoN[{fm_giq_n_Wk|P77m~=@~+oo~|t?l_,ekr -~JMzo?~?n_uW?0qs3T6+Y>m\3.hiwZmUNqhM=.D4G&^-;!hWhZW3~R;gg~ VKohl~onlTiO_CgzMt?qvoNonHvM/%|~Xc]3+[H8Myz>l7~?nt2uNw E] p_|k'rINo-8-agwQiM\a54;. /P 217 0 R << /K [ 332 0 R ] /S /P /Pg 23 0 R /S /P << /S /TR 145 0 obj /P 161 0 R 32 0 obj >> 126 0 obj /AvgWidth 412 endobj endobj >> 312 0 obj endobj Warka Tower is designed to harvest potable water from the atmosphere (it collects rain, harvests fog and dew). >> /Pg 36 0 R /P 142 0 R He was shocked by her ability to carry the container for several miles, all the way back to her village. The Warka's water harvesting technique and construction system are inspired by biomimicry, which << /Pg 36 0 R endobj /P 161 0 R << /Pg 36 0 R << /Pg 23 0 R /K [ 0 ] /Pg 36 0 R 224 0 obj Location: Various, including Kpkpta, Dawlotu Tutu, Kpl-Akata, Togo & Dorze, Gamo Gofa Zone, Ethiopia >> endobj The system now includes: 8 wells, 1 booster pumping station, water treatment facilities, reservoirs, and more than 156 miles of transmission and distribution water lines. /Registry (Adobe) >> [ 3 [ 250 333 ] 15 [ 250 ] 17 [ 250 ] 36 [ 722 ] 40 [ 611 ] 44 [ 333 ] 46 [ 722 ] >> /P 334 0 R endobj endobj /S /Span /P 217 0 R /Pg 23 0 R /Pg 23 0 R this expansion has not only encouraged experimentation with other local materials [including palm leaves], but has also led to a series of additional projects that look to solve other important issues. /K [ 25 ] /ItalicAngle 0 >> << /P 379 0 R /S /P /S /P /S /P 63 0 obj /Pg 23 0 R /K [ 131 0 R ] Could Swedens Discovery of Rare Earth Minerals Solve Europes Supply Problems? 67 0 obj << The "Warka Tower" was created by Arturo Vittori. << >> /Pg 23 0 R Warka Water. >> 177 0 obj >> /CapHeight 677 /K [ 356 0 R ] >> endobj /P 186 0 R >> /Leading 33 /S /TD /K [ 29 ] 396 0 obj /S /P >> /P 271 0 R /K [ 191 0 R ] << << >> << << 68 0 obj >> /Pg 23 0 R >> /S /P >> endobj /LastChar 122 /Pg 36 0 R >> 88 0 obj /SMask /None >> << /Pg 36 0 R >> 303 0 obj 252 0 R 253 0 R 254 0 R 255 0 R 256 0 R 257 0 R 258 0 R 259 0 R 260 0 R 261 0 R 262 0 R >> It has already had successful impact on the water sourcing opportunities of the community in which it has been established. /K [ 62 0 R ] >> << << >> 225 0 obj /S /TD endobj /MediaBox [ 0 0 595.32 841.92 ] Another potential future development of the Warka Water towers may be to incorporate an Internet connection point that will help connect the community to outside information. /S /P /URI (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Condensation) << /P 68 0 R >> /FXE2 435 0 R /K 77 160 0 obj /Pg 23 0 R /S /LBody /P 50 0 R /K [ 358 0 R ] /S /Span /P 304 0 R << /Type /Catalog >> 317 0 obj /Pg 36 0 R << /S /P /S /Span >> endobj /K [ 1 ] >> /P 60 0 R SUMMARY: "Warka Water (WW) it is a tower designed for social and educational activities with also the function to provide potable water to rural communities facing challenges in accessing this fundamental resource for life. /S /P endobj x}Ys{zjM,f\yhg{VjrVZP /K [ 3 ] /K [ 193 0 R ] endobj << >> /MaxWidth 2614 Inventions such as the Warka Water towers raise questions of how water-relief systems can help to end the water crisis around the world. /K [ 19 ] /K 28 /K [ 112 0 R 113 0 R ] << /Subtype /TrueType << /S /TD In areas like Ethipia, where the Tower was first . endobj /P 351 0 R /K 5 << endobj >> /K [ 51 0 R 53 0 R 55 0 R ] << /K [ 385 0 R ] endobj 194 0 obj From this project, emerges Warka Water. Moreover, pumps need electricity to run as well as access to spare parts in case the pump breaks down.". /P 334 0 R /S /Span /ModDate (D:20201103184240+05'30') << /Pg 36 0 R endobj endobj >> 116 0 obj /F1 5 0 R /Pg 23 0 R /P 41 0 R /P 41 0 R 48 0 obj /K [ 365 0 R 367 0 R 369 0 R 371 0 R 373 0 R ] /FontWeight 700 << /S /P /S /TD /P 119 0 R /CA 1 At 30 feet tall and 13 . /K [ 36 ] >> 382 0 obj /BM /Normal endobj Obviously, they try to muzzle me by all means. Despite the professors efforts, it seems that there are enough believers to keep Grander in business for a long time, a fact that Eder seems mostly resigned to. /SMask /None /S /Span /FontName /Arial endobj /Type /FontDescriptor /S /P 319 0 obj 302 0 obj /K 8 /Pg 23 0 R /S /P endobj /K [ 139 0 R ] endobj endobj /F 4 >> endobj >> Seeing with his own eyes the living conditions of a community that lacks water and other essential resources made Vittori start to think about how the situation could be improved. << /S /TD /S /P >> 148 0 obj Arturo Vittori's Warka Water towers harvest clean drinking water from the air. /S /P << /S /Span Testing performed by University of Rijeka, determined that the Warka Water Tower was able to collect every type of usable precipitation to maximize water collected. /S /P /Pg 36 0 R >> /K [ 0 ] >> /Type /FontDescriptor /S /Span /K 17 /S /Span /Pg 23 0 R /MaxWidth 1948 /S /TD >> 14 0 obj endobj 363 0 obj /Pg 23 0 R /S /LI /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding << >> endobj /Pg 36 0 R /P 271 0 R endobj endobj Compton Hill Water Tower (2.2K HD) S Jett. endobj So it's technically difficult and expensive. /K [ 366 0 R ] /S /P /K [ 381 0 R ] /Pg 23 0 R >> 214 0 obj /CA 1 /CIDToGIDMap /Identity /CA 1 /P 307 0 R /P 65 0 R << /S /P /Pg 23 0 R /PageElement << /Pg 36 0 R /P 109 0 R /Type /Font /P 203 0 R endobj /P 176 0 R Fog catchers that extend into the sky, Warka Water towers harvest local potable water for off-the-grid and drought-impacted communities. /K [ 6 ] The product is distributed by Warka Water and it is still in the testing phase. /ToUnicode 399 0 R 149 0 obj >> /S /P endobj << >> >> 349 0 obj /P 344 0 R 114 0 obj >> /Flags 32 /P 41 0 R /S /Span 315 0 obj endobj >> /P 324 0 R /P 133 0 R << >> >> /S /TD However, some may question the effectiveness of inventions such as the Warka towers. 188 0 obj endobj endobj endobj << << /K [ 360 0 R ] /ParentTreeNextKey 8 68 0 R 92 0 R 93 0 R 97 0 R 98 0 R 99 0 R 109 0 R 115 0 R 116 0 R 118 0 R 231 0 R /Pg 15 0 R /K [ 9 ] endobj In some areas of the world, where living off the grid is the involuntary norm, finding potable water is a much bigger problem. /P 99 0 R /S /TD >> /Pg 23 0 R /S /LBody /Pg 15 0 R 392 0 obj Warka Tower is designed to harvest potable water from the atmosphere (it collects rain, harvests fog and dew), and functions only by natural phenomena such as gravity, condensation & evaporation and doesn't require electrical power. >> /P 379 0 R /AIS false << /Pg 33 0 R /CapHeight 728 /Pg 23 0 R /K [ 55 ] 325 0 obj /S /TR << /K 32 << /Pg 23 0 R endobj /K 38 endobj /BS << /TR /Identity >> 29 0 obj << [ 250 0 0 0 500 833 778 0 333 333 500 0 250 333 250 278 500 500 500 500 500 500 500 >> For the people in these isolated communities, gathering water is a tedious daily chore mostly undertaken by women and children. /S /Table >> /Pg 23 0 R /Descent -216 >> /S /H1 endobj >> It wasthis dilemmasupplying drinking waterin awaythat's both practical and convenientthat served as the impetus for a new product calledWarka Water, an inexpensive, easily-assembled structure that extracts gallons of fresh water from the air. << << << /P 130 0 R /S /TD 295 0 obj [ 278 ] /S /TD << But Vittori's invention yields more water, at a lower cost, than some other concepts that came before it. endobj >> Other low-tech inventions, like thislife straw, aren't as complicated, but still rely on users to finda water source. /K [ 11 ] 201 0 obj /Pg 36 0 R 3 0 obj /S /P /P 380 0 R /Obj 20 0 R /P 68 0 R /P 271 0 R The Warka Water Tower is a vertical system designed to collect and harvest potable water from the air. /K [ 346 0 R ] /Pg 15 0 R When designing the tower, Vittori and his team sought cues from nature. /S /P 284 0 obj >> /K [ 165 0 R ] /S /Span Buteverydetail, from carefully-placed curvesto uniquematerials, has a functional purpose. /Name (Watermark) Water bottle photo courtesy of iStockphoto/somchaij. 216 0 obj /K 70 /K 21 /TR /Identity 264 0 obj << /S /TR 142 0 obj /Pg 36 0 R >> The design adapts to the local meteorological conditions, the geomorphological characteristic of the site, and the local culture. /S /TD /K [ 120 0 R 122 0 R 124 0 R 126 0 R 128 0 R 130 0 R 132 0 R ] << /Pg 15 0 R Bridges Finland, pp. << >> << 261 0 obj /P 41 0 R 128 0 obj endobj At this time, a second tower is in the planning phase for Haiti and for other areas in desperate need of such technology. << endobj << 197 0 obj People in the regionspend40 billion hours a yeartrying to find and collect water, says a group called the Water Project. /Pg 23 0 R /S /P 74 0 obj /P 271 0 R /Pg 23 0 R 176 0 obj /P 304 0 R /Pg 33 0 R /Encoding /WinAnsiEncoding /K 4 889 722 0 556 0 667 556 611 722 722 944 0 722 0 333 0 333 0 0 0 444 500 444 500 444 /Pg 23 0 R << << << /P 175 0 R /Pg 23 0 R /S /LBody 429 0 obj /K [ 11 ] /Pg 36 0 R Other types of water towers may only store raw water for fire protection or industrial purposes, and may not necessarily be connected to a public ] the product is distributed by Warka 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