- Storm water storage
- Recycling and reuse
- Efficiency of use and conservation
- Desalination
- Modernization of water systems
- Improving water management (data, forecasting, administration of water rights)
- Groundwater recharge expansion
- Reservoir expansions
- Dam rehabilitations
- Demand reduction
- Groundwater supply stabilization
- Improve flexibility of water transportation
- off-grid residential or commercial applications,
- high quality water for beverage or food manufacturing,
- retrofitting water dispensers into buildings lacking sufficient plumbing infrastructure, and
- alternative to bottled water coolers in homes, offices, and factories.
Intriguingly, the Strategy document says, "Rising temperatures evaporate more water, but more of that water stays in the air." (page 1 of 16). AWG's can recover that sequestered water.
The knowledge-base for using atmospheric water generators in California includes: