Indian start-up company’s wonder machine makes drinking water from thin air

According to the company’s CEO Rahul Mathur, AirOWater uses condensation technology to convert the water vapour in the surrounding air into drinkable water.

An Indian start-up company AirOWater is proving to be a big draw at the Dubai  2020 Expo  with its unique water vending machine that produces drinking water from humidity in the air, a Gulf News report says

According to the company’s CEO Rahul Mathur, AirOWater uses condensation technology to convert the water vapour in the surrounding air into drinkable water. “Through the hot and cold condensation, the water vapour converts into water – the machine has got a heat exchanger and a compressor to power it.”

The converted water then passes through  an air filter and a water-dust filter and then collected in a tank. Later a booster facilitates the filteration of the water which makes it drinkable,” says Mathur. 

In the final stage of the process, minerals are added using a mineral cartridge to give the water a PH level of 7.5 to 8, which is the same as bottled water.

AirOWater has put up its water vending machine on display and demonstration at the India Pavilion’s Innovation Hub. This is a specially set up platform for entrepreneurs and startups. Over the next six months the pavilion intends to host 500 startups. 

AirOWater’s earlier success at the Arab Water Forum, prompted  Mathur’s attention to the Expo. “We reached out to the Indian consulate in Dubai and that’s when we found out about the Innovation Hub programme”

Elaborating further about their success at the Arab Water Forum, Mathur says “We have had inquiries from hydroponic and other farming operations as they don’t want to use sea water because it might spoil the plants – so, they’re looking at alternative solutions and that could be this water”

AirOWater has put up its water vending machine on display and demonstration at the India Pavilion’s Innovation Hub. This is a specially set up platform for entrepreneurs and start-ups. Over the next six months the pavilion intends to host 500 start-ups. 

He stresses that for the present it is more of a business-to-business concept and elieves it might take some time before the industry achieves the economies of scale required to sell to consumers.

Mathur adds “Business-to-consumer would require a large infrastructure in terms of technical (capabilities), marketing and everything else – right now, we are focusing on business-to-business and that will help us grow and make the first cut in Dubai as well as the Gulf region”.

Talking about future plans Mathur says Africa is AirOWater’s next big frontier.  The company intends to provide its machines to small villages without any capital expenditure and eventually make a profit .

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