Atmospheric Water Generating and Urban Farm Tower

The human right to water and sanitation recognized by the United Nations (UN) General Assembly on July 28th 2010, entitles everyone to sufficient, safe, acceptable, physically accessible and affordable water for personal and domestic uses. As we know, this is not the case in the poorest communities of the developing world. But with the use of atmospheric water generators access to clean water in areas with high levels of humidity (relative humidity over 30%) could be possible without huge government expense in plumbing and sewage infrastructure. This poster proposes the construction of multiple water towers in some of the largest slums in the planet, with the primary purpose of generating public access water from the humidity on the air. The towers would be self-sufficient and embedded in the community at a distance from each other as to provide water access to the neighborhood around it. An atmospheric water generator is capable of producing 5000 liters of water a day, the tower design proposes to use 4 generators, producing 20,000 liters of water a day. The tower is also designed for water storage, with a capacity of 24,000 liters.

Volume Editors
Amir Ameri & Rebecca O'Neal Dagg

ISBN
978-1-944214-14-2