If you are reading this, you probably have access to water for drinking, cooking, bathing … But unfortunately, one in three people in the world does not have the minimum required to survive (about seven cups a day). Around the world, a child dies every 90 seconds for lack of water; Almost a thousand a day have the same end.

WaterSeer is a mechanism designed to mitigate this problem around the world. The idea is to provide clean water without any connection to electricity and without the use of chemicals. The device in question condenses the water in the air and makes it simple, sustainable, with low maintenance and easy installation to communities suffering from the lack of vital resources.

How it works?

A hole is drilled and the WaterSeer is inserted into the soil at a depth of just under two meters. The metal sides of the underground chamber of the apparatus are cooled by contact with the soil. At the top of the item, the wind moves blades connected to a turbine, which pushes the air into a condensation chamber. When warmer air cools in the chamber, the water vapor condenses on the sides, falling into the reservoir. By means of a simple pump it is possible to remove the clean water. As the ground is always cooler than the underground chamber, the apparatus is always collecting water, day and night, even if there is no wind.

Project co-founders Nancy Curtis and Don Zacherl worked closely with Columbia University of Berkeley and the National Peace Corps Association to develop a device that delivers up to 37 liters of pure water per day! According to the (non-for-profit) initiative, WaterSeer’s design proved ten times more efficient than similar projects.

WaterSeer came to life from a collective funding platform. More than $ 300,000 was raised. The creators of the initiative intend to expand the idea around the world.

Check out the video that explains more about how WaterSeer works: