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Sign upJune 26, 2024
Amal Biladi Association
Aït Bourd
Following the earthquake of Sept 2023 in the Marrakech-Safi region, Morocco, many villages, including the village of Ait Bourd, faced critical water access challenges due to damaged infrastructure & chronic shortages. In response, a coalition led by the Int'l Association of Francophone Regions (AIRF), in partnership with Marrakech-Safi Regional Council, Agua de Sol, & Amal Biladi Association, implemented a pilot project using SunAir Fountain technology. This atmospheric water generation system captures humidity at night & condenses it during day to produce clean drinking water. The project was designed to provide a sustainable, decentralized, water source, ensuring regular access for 405 villagers. It also integrated a social component, training a local widows’ cooperative to manage water production, sales & infrastructure maintenance, creating income & promoting community governance. The project offers a replicable model for rural water resilience using clean technology.
The pilot saves an estimated 12 tons CO₂eq/year by replacing diesel pumping and reducing water transport. It prevents material waste through localized water generation and needs no piping infrastructure. Economically, each unit produces ~1.2L/day, sold via a women’s cooperative generating up to €12,000/year, with a payback period of under 2 years. The system offers low-maintenance, solar-powered water access with strong environmental and financial returns.
Agua de Sol has developed the SunAir Fountain®, a panel resembling a solar panel but designed as a water panel. It harnesses two abundant and renewable resources: atmospheric humidity and sunlight, by capturing molecules of water in the air at night and transforming them into water using the Sun. The SunAir Fountain® is easy to install; requires very limited maintenance. It is scalable, from 1 panel up to hundreds & thousands. It provides a basic necessity: drinking water, which can improve the situation for families living in areas affected by water scarcity, like depleting ground water or polluted resources as well as have an impact on environment. The SunAir Fountain® is an economical and environmental friendly alternative to increasing water scarcity in general and to bottled water issues in particular. Finally, thanks to the use of solar energy, no electricity is taken from the grid, which reduces the carbon footprint and the water is “carbon – free”.
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