Water from Air: The Rainmaker

Water issue adressed: Too little
The Rainmaker

Mr Kwazi Zwezwe, is a grade 09 learner from a rural village in KwaZulu-Natal (South Africa) called Nokweja. While looking at the outside of a bottle with ice, an idea came to mind when realizing that the outside of the bottle was dripping droplets of water . This idea prompted Kwazi to design a model, called the “Rainmaker” which uses a prototype as the main component to dehumidify the air, causing it to condense into droplets of water by the use of a thermoelectric cooler.

This is how I came up with the idea for this project:

While looking at the outside of a bottle with ice, an idea came to mind. This prompted Kwazi to design a model, called the “Rainmaker” which uses a prototype to dehumidify the air, causing it to condense into water droplets.

AUTHORS

National organizer

Department of Water and Sanitation

Sponsors

WRC, Xylem Water Solution South Africa (Pyt) Ltd

Other Author

Kwazi Zwezwe