With the increasing population, the resources to sustain are also getting towards shortage. One such natural resource is drinking water. Even if the earth is known as a blue planet due to the more water content available on this planet, there is a very scarce amount of water fit for drinking. Billboard convert humidity into drinking water
There is more quantity of saline or unfit water. Using several modern techniques along with some traditional purification methods, this water can be made suitable for drinking. Out of all this global issue regarding water, Peru has sorted out a way to get fit water being extracted from the humidity in their country. The region carries a billboard that is associated with the technology of converting humidity to pure drinking water.
About the Lima, Peru.
Located in the valleys of Chillón, Rímac, and Lurín Rivers, Lima is the largest city and capital region of Peru. It can be sited in the desert zone of the central coastal part of Peru at the sideways of the giant Pacific ocean.
Moreover, Lima forms a whole as the Lima metropolitan area when counted together with the seaport of Callao. The urban area is not only the hub for all sorts of occupations but also a better habitat for the auspicious flora and fauna.
This wonderland has a population of more than 9.7 million in general. Whereas in a more urbanized place like that of the Lima metropolitan region, the population exceeds up to 10.7 million overall. It is due to this reason, Lima is one of the largest cities in America.
The billboard at Lima.
Along with other fascinating views of Lima in Peru, it has several other unique aspects helping it make the headlines every now and then. A billboard providing fit drinking water is one such unique attribute. In Lima, there is a billboard hoarding placed in the middle of the road.
It is created by the ad agency Mayo DraftCFB in partnership with the University of Engineering and Technology (UTEC). This billboard is so admired due to its capability of capturing the humidity from the air. Further, it turns the captured humidity into potable water to be used by Lima’s residents.
Lima, the “Desert megacity”
Lima lies in the region of great deserts along the pacific ocean. Due to this, it is mostly referred to as the desert megacity. This specifies the water problem the residents of lima are facing. The people living in the area have to cope with the insufficient admittance to pure drinking water.
To find help overcoming such a situation, the ads agency along with a team from the university made out their way to a billboard “the one producing drinking water out of air”.
The working system of billboard.
The billboard is comprised of generators fixed in the inner chamber. They process the humid air and filter it in form of water. This water is thereby stored and drawn by the residents and utilized for even drinking purposes. Moreover, the billboard system has an air filter, carbon filter, and condenser that helps in the generation of 96 liters of water each day for the residents of Peru. Billboard convert humidity into drinking water
