Seminar, exhibition on Airwater opens,November 20, 2008 (inside page)

Story: Michael Donkor
A one-day seminar and exhibition on airwater making device has taken place in Accra.
The device condenses humidity through a unique stainless steel water tank, filters and purifies it and turns it into potable water and also for irrigation purposes.
The Airwater device is very convenient and safe, custom-made and mobile, as well as highly cost-effective. It is hoped its presence on the Ghanaian market will ensure sustainable water for all, especially in the northern part of the country.
Speaking at the seminar to introduce the machine, the Deputy Minister of Defence, Mr William Ofori Boafo, said considering the daunting challenges facing mankind with regard to water supply, the introduction of alternative sources of water production, such as the airwater making machine, was a welcome one.
He said anything to do with water was something that should concern all.
Mr Boafo said fresh, potable water was the most important natural resource on earth for which there was no substitute.
He said world-wide, over 1.1 billion people lacked access to safe drinking water, making it a precious commodity.
He said it was the lack of access to water and the threats posed by climate change on water bodies that made the machine welcome.
Mr Boafo said water was an essential component of existence and for that reason people should use it wisely.
“We must learn not only the methods and habits of sharing equitably but also the technologies and values of protecting the environment that makes fresh water available to us,” he said.
The Managing Director of CNFSK Consulting, the local agents of Airwater Making Machine Company, Mr Christian Kudonoo, said the machine could generate six gallons of water a day.
He said other machines which could generate more gallons would later be introduced onto the market.
Mr Kudonoo said Airwater machines came in a wide range of sizes and applications, explaining that
those varieties could be used at home, in the factory, at the hospital and building and construction sites.
The Deputy Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mr Frank Agyekum, expressed the hope that the prices of the machine would be affordable and that a factory would be established in the country to provide back ups.