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Leonardo Times SEPTEMBER 2012WINDWELL: PRODUCING
WATER WITH WIND
C!Hn
drlnklng
ivateris
anrcessity
of life, yet ovel' 900 million people latl<acccss
to
lt.One
promising
solutiOJJ for;: 1arcta_
s tadting (resh water is the use of a pump and desalination system,
powe1-edby
\VÜ'td en2rgyto terri1'Ve
and
ltreat
b"cklih
graund ivater. The challenge to
provide
atfordable
drinking
v.1ater ~sks
for
.a
c~p.
pnxlurtive
•nd
:1
long·la.stjng .i)'Stem th<Jr \vill "Provide 60 ODO Utrrf. of he,;lthydrinking watt"r per day in developing countrirs wlth -.
101.v ra
~dium
wind'pe~ds
.'lt"' m.1Nimum
of f>;Ntyprrc~nr
of the co.Jt of con1perJrivosyJtems."'
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