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which is on 2 jobs and is we one off and one does what is those who had watch, i use it sustainably, maybe the ones who don't find any have hello and welcome. i'm sorry. got the body and you all watching equal in the and today is episode we will on a little more about what a sustainable a lot of what if i told you that this what i was made out of tennis? yes, that is a machine that can suck water out of you. me then the order fired and ported out in the last few or. 8 the pressing the button. this machine is called and, and what the agenda data. finally, all of this you wouldn't even put some good use the keep up with them generally hospitalized and bound to do this normally busy, but sundays are relaxed. however, even without the cross, you could still overlooked almost inconspicuous machine, the cold, which is quietly making a difference to the environmental impact of these. i see you and livable water

filters are com, but this one creates water directly from the on the machine. and then the ed walters and we took him to our hospital. i was surprised to discover that is good. collect what those simply from the end of the printer. it understands that it's great that modern technology has advanced into sweet and it's very convenient. this machine has shown us that we can do as well. so even if there is a shortage, we shouldn't let me tell us what day that water problems are not uncommon in bungalow city, which one else has been working on the which is little what 31 to generate. those have been around in signal both for some years now. they're also coming into india . they'd want to generate aside being used in hospitals and nursing homes and large community demand spaces, as well as in some rich up our men's households. it wasn't 10 rates. what on the same philosophy as it conditioned us through the industry, use that and that's an stage the science behind the technology, some at

a certain temperature according to point the vote over yet. but india condenses to become liquid. what it's done and fused with essentially meant to make it suitable for drinking. we spoke to the founder of the manufacture mitre. i could go and tell him gunners. the company says that it has so far generated 2250000 that is of bought from the. ready vermont is predominantly coming from 2 quarters, one area where there is this case with you, of water, either in terms of quantity or quality. and that can be smaller as it is some places logical, but it's, or even the people going to cost cause people going to the same amount of the most of the other demand is also coming from large corporations. look at it from the sustainability angle and they want to be there with that. the predominant water filters and these spaces octopus. awesome, awesome. because or are these use either by water and cities or drunk?

what are the salts, both on short supply and can be contaminated? india is ground waters depleting, foster been in any of the country on the in are those filtering processes the machines reject onto to be bought, wasting up to 75 percent of the source. the rejected volt, depending on the souls can also cont, installed, and contaminants that have been sent in dimensions. and this can contribute to the cycle of contamination. the end of all the filters gets clean volt from the muscle and can therefore provide, gain printing bought. the large machines also reduce the need for plastic bucket water with such a promise of the startups or looking into this like rubber gloves and could not. they're creating waterfront in a slightly different using desiccant technology, desiccant materials and growing it seems like silica gel that can absolve in store, you made it. so if i could show you one of these machines with this machine

produces water from air and as the air is getting stuck to the machine, something called as option happens during adoption process. the basic and with the fix up community from community in air can move that doesn't can, with the, the end of the machine called it is option machine mosse would that was accidentally been all, but it is all been from what the vapor, that has been boost this motor that we make is actually distilled in nature when the water not comes from clean and removing souls, this company sells it in lots of plastic bolts to target the brackets watermark. the dude is to tie up with the rest of this with the price at the mid range in all we have supplied about $10000.00 a month. and so it has been in color, but also the incentive for bank loan, so that his boss has been quite good because the customers have been looking to associated themselves with renewable products or services. the question based from single use buttons remains and there are other questions about the technology to

one major extra analogy could potentially be the sucking of the, of a lot of what we beat. but from a close start must be a means to accumulate the limits made property. if we had what the gender decided being, who was that lot scape this is potentially not a big, what do you like? not what it could become. one really need to make sure that we bracket and manage it quickly, so there does not become a negative feature off day in order to make that technology is also energy intensive, leading to higher govern. the mission, though, depends on what the client's id is. both companies offer that technology sped with renewable sources for energy. the energy required them and when we produce motor from ear, um can be, can be little higher than compared to the condition of the process. is that going to begin ground water and then using reverse osmosis, but the good part here in our case is the duct acknowledges designed in such a we, when compared to our other competitors. that we can easily a couple our technology with the renewable energy options that the solar b,

b and waste heat, bio mass, option 2. and 2 important aspects that all of us have to address. and for the loading, the water from a business or technology is that we have to bring down the cost of the machine significantly so that it becomes more affordable because the challenge is at the bottom of the pyramid. as far as water quality is concerned about this comes on these products with brands, the, the race to provide water. when it increasingly bought country air water generators could play a role in supporting water needs bungalow and beyond. why don't you leave the bath water is running the clean drinking water tons into waste water. now this waste water might be of little use, but it is certainly not used. recycling this water is the key to sustainability,

sewage watch that can be turned into safe drinking water. and that's what the engine is in the us are trying to do this historically heavy snowfall and drain. since the end of last year. the outlook for california water supply has drastically changed by the experts agree. it is far too early to consider the record breaking draughts to be over. it would take more than a single weather year for ground water levels to substantially improve statewide use. the water is still a precious resource. the challenge is to make this drink simple again lance to but though it's an environmental engineer working for terminal island water reclamation planned in the los angeles area. it's part of one of the largest wastewater treatment systems in the world. it's important that we make good use to recycle the waste water. in addition to the southern california doesn't want to

have to rely on the other areas like colorado and other areas where some of the water will come from. so we're trying to be independent and utilize the water that we have to. it's the most optimal level. it is hard to imagine that this thinking sewage water can be treated and transformed to, to do drinking water in less than 40 hours, saves drinking water. this is central concern statewide. it's nearly a 1000000 californians don't have access that puts them at an increased risk of cancer, liver, and kidney problems. mike is royce, has been in the business since he left high school as a shift superintendent. he walks us through the process of treating wastewater. who were you start from the beginning? we have to wait sewers that feed the treatment plan and you're going to see the

debris actually what we catch 1st. we do that. so it as an n p, the equipment down, down streams, a way of cleaning the roof. we gotta clean up because we kind of clean those rags and they bring it with our upcoming, the sewer. anything that you flush the toilet? anything that can go down the sink, fluid waste papers rags even found below are managed to get the toilet like toys come in. yes. and thanksgiving, we get more grease. yeah, so you're right off to the course, the storage has been removed. a biological cleaning process begins. it's called primer retreat. the primary f fluid comes in this way. the thieves, these, these bases and the bacteria come here and you know, as if it seeds on the organic come in and you start, they start to work easy little bubbles that pop up. now and then here,

when you see those little bubbles, that's basically the transformation of the uh, removing the ammonia out of the system. these are domes made out of allied rock material, this fine pores for which air is pumped into the base since the muscle. ours is like fine bubbles. they can have big levels that way they can, the stay connected deserve the more readily. they don't have for birth as hard. so you want to make a good environment for the buzz back to the supervisor. you want to keep it right. and this because this is the heart of the basic taking what nature gives us. we're just making it much quicker during every shift water samples are tested to see how many solid stuff dropped on some of the solids, which are mainly made of fucked. here we all will be pumped back into the sewer to keep the biological process going. we have kids compared, you know,

i'd like to tell them that, you know, like the bugs have done a lot of work for us and they come in here and basically we let them basically go to sleep. they want to go down. it was so all right, and so what happens when they go into this pub? while they wake up and when they wait the they want to eat, right? that's what i tell them. so when they go or they're they're, they're hungry, they want to eat again. so fast, that's what i basically asked, and that's what's happening here. it's hard to imagine that it only took a couple of hours to change this thing. keep round sewage water into this. what that mixture becomes, looks like this. you see the clarity of to more filtering and some treatment with chlorine. the water is basically good enough to be sent to rivers are used for agricultural or industrial purposes. but to make it safe to drink,

a more advanced process is needed faster. the conventional treatment, the water receives advance for a 2nd system of michael, so tracing reverse osmosis, and in advance oxidation process. during the micro also, traits in the water is pumped out a high pressure through semi permeable membrane. this removes the suspended solids in some viruses. then the water gets pumped, that an even higher pressure through the reverse osmosis membrane. and then the final step is the advanced oxidation process. in this step, u, v. lights and also sodium. hypo fluoride are used to create hydroxyl radicals, that destroy any remaining constituents of emerging concern and pharmaceuticals. by the end of 2024, this plan will be utilizing a 100 percent of the wastewater other plans throughout the city of los angeles. we

need 10 more years until 2035 to reach that goal. after less than 40 hours of treatment, sewage is recycled into safe drinking water. i saw a couple of hours ago. looks like no. the perfect tier. guess what is the one thing in your house with the highest carbon footprint? one to 5 to what to do with that because when i machines to ensure that what it in your house are compatible to be a vision industry shocking. well, that's probably because the electricity used to insure this comes from not about 18 sauces, but what if we can produce electricity from the potential energy in the staff water? walter is the greatest moving mess on our, with huge energy potential, hydro power. it is a cornerstone of low carbon energy generation,

but dams has become bigger and more controversial. yet the water pressure in our pipes goals must be on tap. so how does want to get to our attempts in the 1st place and accomplish a lot of surprises that bring the waterfront? the source as st sites, delivers it to people. the majority of countries comes out of your time, then it's taken away. treated then put back to the inbox. this isn't in charge of me. she and her team have examined the research on in pipe turbine technology. this process is very energy intensive. you need a lot of an issue to move water from location to location to treated, to distributed among people. some cities are lucky and they will do, it comes from higher altitudes. so gravity does most of the job and less energy is needed to transport. but in berlin, london, odella, for example, the water supply system relies on pumps. and in some countries in the middle east, the water needs to be celebrated 1st. that observes 4 times more energy than

conventional volta infrastructure. we also need a strong water flow, so it doesn't take 10 minutes to fill up on the firewall to it doesn't come from reserves at higher altitude. we need pumps, but stop pipes burst into too much water pressure. we installed the, what's called pressure walls. they basically remove the excess of pressure. that is where all the juicy energy is wasted. and very important that you can come in at turbine in the pipe, would convert that excess pressuring to electricity. you know, what happens when a terabyte spins right? it generates good old electricity. let's find out how this works and principles. i'm setting up a little circuit the clinic different candidates to harness static dispute generated from this tiny walter turbine. i can charge of battery to run a multiply turner light and charge my phone with it. this is of course, just

a tiny, tiny roll to turbine. we can install the bigger ones so that it would, there is an abundance water flow. the energy that can be created depends on the turbine, as well as the amount of pressure in the pipes. you really don't have a solid number to say this is and this is how much energy we can generate. but the reality is, the, the costs, the world, the baby have bill that water systems, water is moving from location to location and it is it, it can potentially be used to generate and are see different studies give different estimates. one report for the us department of energy estimates that in pipe turbines could produce 1.4 to one gigabyte. so electricity across the us, that's quite that conservative estimate. it will be enough to power at this $1000000.00 homes in the us for more than $10000000.00 in india. yes,

it housing the us to is this 10 times more than one in india. but that's another story. other studies are more optimistic. all the research that from the usa is up to $43.00 gigawatts of energy per year, could be harvested in the state of massachusetts. along walter co then use created their own energy using their infrastructure. the price of water control and other great piece of news is that these turbines can be retrofitted without harming the environment. the operators love it, powering easy charging stations. this is greg some of the he's company has been charging customers in pipe electricity. how cool is that? yeah, i mean, the biggest challenges that we have is that it's new. and so with anything that's new, people always want to understand what gets impact is on their operation. but

when, whenever i do a presentation or whatever our team is presenting to people who are knowledgeable about water distribution, they get, they get it immediately, is the cost is into the thing and these new systems i'm not getting sent to was in many places. people can be cover the cost in a couple of years or less than that case. and that's why we have seen, obviously, it depends on the scale of the project, as i said, the cost of electricity. but then again, you need to have enough upfront capital to be able to invest in these systems and then have time to cover them. this might be tough for small businesses. municipalities and big companies have their responsibility to step up. countries in the global south have a great advantage as they are currently expanding bay and walter systems. india is diverse, largest consumer of groundwater, and most of its cities don't have constant running water at the moment. but the country is planning to invest hundreds of millions of dollars to provide its huge population with pressurized water,

247 subsidies that are already on board with this technology pig, portland, oregon. for example, harnessing the power of in pipe water to lights up their streets and power essential public infrastructure. and the eastern 3rd, the of the are but couldn't use already generating to media and lots of electricity and sending it to the local. great. and it doesn't stop there in san francisco, money soc, taped down. they're all catching onto the potential of the attempt energy flowing been in the streets. you could say that in pipe technologies in energy hero with a low profile, it makes the most of what's already in place while reducing the reliance on fossil fuels with 0 to very low environmental impact. 7, right? well, it is an india are facing jobs like conditions and civil scarcity of water. this comes with grief consequences to the local communities. and for the closest to you are to is witnessing falling water tables. and this has its own consequences,

likely. see in northern it to me she's season onto the locals. is a familiar face. i lake got caught up with chino, it has been faring torres over italy's largest lake for 40 years. but never before has you seen the lakes like this in spring where there once was water? now people can walk to the island. the middle school saw last year when the lake was pretty full, the water went up to over and adults waste line very well. so, but i'll let you in to get anything good more the situation is very serious. so there's a lot of all we can do is wait and hope it will rain for a month then make the ones a little rise again then is that news for his water taxi business fraud?

or at least 40 percent of the people preferred across on foot and 3. i know then when they went to head back this summer, tired of walking and take my boat instead. this is the only boat he can still more at san diego island. his 2nd color is stuck at the port . literally. no one chief knows remembers a time when the water level was as low as this. not at this time of year. at the southern tip of the lake investigator, they've got it. the ilario alcohol on the records, the water level every morning. she works for the regional water authority at express to all on no bus at the the level is 60 centimeters below average compared to the previous year. so the, the, the terminals around this time were normally at one meter and 20 centimeters over the defined 0 point, a toyota method this year. read just 47 centimeters, pasano off windows, sound walk. what on the set that and to me 3,

with so little water, the power plant, a few kilometers down the river has stopped to just beyond eliza side of the on say them from this spot. you louder, airport alone. it controls the water flow from lake god. does need to agree with the part of the year. i can see the logs in check, but nothing is blocking the barriers. think i still have to call it cause i need to go to gummy. everything's fine here. so she opens and closes the locks. this water is supposed to flow from here onto the fields and farm and south of lake got the but there isn't enough of it now. of course, solely by law, etc june. we normally don't reach this level until mid summer and finds a oh, that's a for that audit. it's almost what i'm trying to do. the impossible to. and i sort of the, the, we know i have to strike a balance between the needs of residents living along the lake and farmers in the valley out about colleges to the bottom. that that's no easy task. and mistakes

are high. last summer's heat, wave cost farmers 6000000000 euros. just east of like got the, you're swap a farmer more and look about the site is very worried about another drought this time, most of us on the fields are almost try it out. now already you can see it just by the dust that gets kicked up when we till the soil combine. yeah. me through the mentor. i'm already on the current situation presents farmers like what in are with tough decisions. i bet it was. if you see me in to get actually time to plant cross as to what i don't even know what i could plan to size of the core in for instance, takes lots of water in it. if you know if you know, but i don't know if we'll have enough water from the irrigation system until harvest time of the, i mean, we're clearly see me effects of global warming. the farmers and regional government have taken one 1st step. they used you funds to renovate and seal the 1st section

of the water channel. this channel is over 48 kilometers long, and waters fields and meadows throughout the region. on the way, if you need to, once the work is completed in 2 years, will save about 150000000 cubic meters of water a year. give what that means, more water for our seo. so according to an italian research institute, 50 days of continuous rain could change the situation. but the weather forecast is predicting sunshine over the coming weeks and they've got the meaning chief and his water taxi aren't the only ones who might face a tough summer water really is something that we can often take for granted, but often engage annually. thing gets sustainability is very important. and today we learned about several ingenious ways of doing the same. but you let me know what did you like most about today's episode on what would you like to see more of you

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