Israeli Company Delivers Water-From-Air Generators to Syria
Four million internally displaced Syrians live in northern Syria and suffer from lack of access to clean water, regular stable electricity, healthcare, and education.
Israeli Company Watergen has provided its innovative Water-from-Air Generator to the displaced Syrians camp in Raqqa province. Israel and Syria do not hold diplomatic ties.
Four million internally displaced Syrians live in northern Syria and suffer from lack of access to clean water, regular stable electricity, healthcare, and education.
Raqqa suffered severe damage to its infrastructure as a result of Syria’s civil war. This, coupled with extreme weather conditions, has drastically reduced the supply of clean drinking water.
Watergen’s generators offer a clean and secure alternative to unsafe wells residents were forced to use until now. Millions of Syrians face insufficient access to safe water that has increased food insecurity.
According to an October 21, 2021 U.N Security Council report, people in Syria’s north and northeastern regions remain unable to reliably access sufficient supplies of safe water for reasons both environmental and man-made. The company had partnered with the Multifaith Alliance for Syrian Refugees (MFA) to deliver the machine in a complicated operation.
The Israeli technology makes it possible to produce clean, fresh drinking water from the moisture in the air without having to connect to a water source. It is a unique solution for countries where there is insufficient access to potable water. Watergen devices use a standard connection to electricity or solar panels and can produce up to 6,000 liters of drinking water per day.
“We are proud to participate in this life-saving initiative to improve the safety, health, and welfare of the region,” said Dr. Michael Mirilashvili, Watergen President and CEO.
“In doing so, we continue to fulfill Watergen’s mission to guarantee clean drinking water to all who need it, something we believe is a basic human right. Scarcity crisis is one of the most dangerous global challenges and Watergen in here to confront it and ensure that every human has access to clear drinking water no matter where he lives. Throughout history, conflicts have often been centered around controlling water sources. Today we are doing the opposite: building peace and a common future around a groundbreaking Israeli technology.”
“The Watergen generator, powered by solar energy, converts droplets of moisture from the air into clean drinking water,” said MFA’s Executive Director, Shafi Martini. “The first unit, installed last month in a local medical facility, has been providing fresh drinking water to 500 internally displaced people per day. A second Watergen generator will soon be installed in another area medical facility, and MFA plans to set up additional units in hospitals and schools throughout northern Syria”.
Watergen made headlines last year when it provided its water generators to the children hospitals in the Gaza Strip. According to the United Nations Trade and Development Commission, 95% of Gaza’s ground water supply is unfit for consumption, and if urgent measures are not taken soon enough it risks being left with no drinking water at all. Gaza suffers from water shortage, in general, and drinking water shortage, in particular.
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