Case Studies: SOURCE Global, PBC (formerly Zero Mass Water, Inc.)
For photos and more details about each case study please go to the links listed as the "public information sources".
Case 1: Musenga Vhaadzimu Primary School, Johannesburg, South Africa
Location: Diepsloot Township, Johannesburg, South Africa
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 45 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 220 L/day
Challenges met:
- Reliable drinking-water supply for the primary school
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 2: Rockin' Appalachian Mom Project (RAMP), Martin County, Kentucky, USA
Location: Martin County, Kentucky, USA
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 10 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 50 L/day
Challenges met:
- 3,000 bottles of water per month are now available for impoverished families in Martin County
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
- http://www.rampamerica.org [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 3: Atauro, Timor-Leste
Location: Atauro, Timor-Leste
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 80 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 400 L/day
Challenges met:
- Overcame fresh water scarcity and reliance on importing water in plastic bottles
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 4: International Justice Mission, Vellore, India
Location: Vellore, India
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 8 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 40 L/day
Challenges met:
- Provide safe drinking water for 10 families in village of Athiyanam
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 5: University Hospital of the West Indies, Kingston, Jamaica
Location: Kingston, Jamaica
Installation completion date: circa 2018
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 20 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 100 L/day
Challenges met:
- Produces 3,000 L of drinking water per month for staff and patients at the hospital; avoids use of plastic water bottles
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 6: Home in Denmark, South Carolina, USA
Location: Denmark, South Carolina, USA
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- The community drinking water supply was confirmed, by a water quality expert, to have "dangerous levels of contamination". The SOURCE Hydropanels supply safe drinking water directly to the home's kitchen sink.
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 7: Adaptive Training Foundation (Gymnasium), Dallas, Texas, USA
Location: Dallas, Texas, USA
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 4 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 20 L/day
Challenges met:
- Reduce plastic water bottle waste
- Dispenser accessible to athletes
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 8: World Central Kitchen, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Location: San Juan, Puerto Rico
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- 2-Hydropanel array at a greenhouse provides an off-grid water source to provide potable water to help make the community more resilient after hurricanes
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/2/ [accessed 2019-10-17]
Case 9: Crest Watersports Centre, Pyrgos, Cyprus
Location: Pyrgos, Cyprus
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- Drinking water for staff avoids using single-use plastic drinking-water bottles (about 20 500-mL bottles per day or 7,200 bottles per year)
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/2/ [accessed 2019-10-18]
Case 10: Riverland Bio Farm, Kampia, Cyprus
Location: Kampia, Cyprus
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 4 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 20 L/day
Challenges met:
- Drinking water for staff avoids using single-use plastic drinking-water bottles (about 40 500-mL bottles per day or 14,400 bottles per year)
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/2/ [accessed 2019-10-18]
Case 11: Murrurundi Primary School, Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
Location: Murrurundi, New South Wales, Australia
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 10 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 50 L/day
Challenges met:
- The closest drinking water source was 50 km from the school so transportation was a problem. The alternative was to buy water in plastic bottles.
- Drinking water for students, parents, and community members is now provided by the SOURCE Hydropanels.
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/2/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 12: The Charles Darwin Foundation, Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
Location: Puerto Ayora, Ecuador
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- Provided a sustainable drinking water supply as an example to follow.
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/2/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 13: Hurstville Aquatic Leisure Centre, Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Location: Hurstville, New South Wales, Australia
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 8 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 40 L/day
Challenges met:
- Reduced need for gymnasium users to bring water in single-use plastic bottles.
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/2/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 14: Buttah Windee Community, Meekatharra, Western Australia
Location: Meekatharra, Western Australia
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 6 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 30 L/day
Challenges met:
- The rural community's water supply was contaminated by uranium.
- People in the community were faced with moving to another location.
- Residents became self-sufficient in terms of their drinking-water supply.
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/2/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 15: The Paseo, Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
Location: Apache Junction, Arizona, USA
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- Deliver drinking water to a tap for customers
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/3/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 16: Home in Cornelius, Oregon, USA
Location: Cornelius, Oregon, USA
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- No longer need to monitor water quality of the well on the property and be subject to power outages preventing pumping of well water.
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/3/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 17: Home in Seattle, Washington, USA
Location: Seattle, Washington, USA
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- Provide home-owner with an autonomous drinking-water supply
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/3/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 18: Netatech Oasis Living Lab, Kranji, Singapore
Location: Kranji, Singapore
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- Ended need to buy water in single-use plastic bottles.
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/3/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 19: Home in Berkeley, California, USA
Location: Berkeley, California, USA
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- Provide home-owner with an autonomous drinking-water supply
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/3/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 20: Green School, Bali, Indonesia
Location: Bali, Indonesia
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 6 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 30 L/day
Challenges met:
- Provide school with an autonomous drinking-water supply and learning experience for students
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/4/ [accessed 2019-10-21]
Case 21: Petros Primary School, Tanna, Vanuatu
Location: Tanna, Vanuatu
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 20 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 100 L/day
Challenges met:
- Rainwater harvesting structures and water infrastructure was largely destroyed in 2015 by Cyclone Pam
- Residents became dependent on water from relief agencies and rainwater collected into cisterns
- Rainwater is contaminated by sulfuric dust from Mount Yasur, an active volcano
- SOURCE System provides clean drinking water and is expected to be relatively unaffected by windstorms and air pollution
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/4/ [accessed 2019-10-22]
Case 22: Three Blue Ducks (Restaurant) at The Farm, Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Location: Byron Bay, New South Wales, Australia
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 10 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 50 L/day
Challenges met:
- Enabled restaurant to stop relying on bottled and filtered water
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/4/ [accessed 2019-10-22]
- https://www.threeblueducks.com/source-water-project/ [accessed 2019-10-22]
Case 23: Whisper Valley Community Clubhouse, Austin, Texas, USA
Location: Austin, Texas, USA
Installation completion date: circa 2018
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 4 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 20 L/day
Challenges met:
- Provided alternative to bottled water at community clubhouse
- Helped provide clean drinking water to residents during a boil-water advisory period in 2018
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/4/ [accessed 2019-10-22]
- https://www.kvue.com/article/news/local/east-travis-county-community-using-sun-air-to-make-clean-drinking-water/269-608141376 [accessed 2019-10-22]
Case 24: Samburu Girls Foundation Campus, Samburu, Kenya
Location: Samburu, Kenya
Installation completion date: 2018
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 40 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 200 L/day
Challenges met:
- Campus had no nearby drinking water supply
- Students had to walk 3 km to a river to fetch poor quality water
- SOURCE Hydropanels now provide drinking water for about 200 students
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/4/ [accessed 2019-10-22]
Case 25: Elmswood Farm, Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Location: Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 2 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 10 L/day
Challenges met:
- Supplements existing rainwater harvesting
- Eliminated bottled water purchases
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/5/ [accessed 2019-10-22]
Case 26: Arizona State University California Center, Santa Monica, California, USA
Location: Santa Monica, California, USA
Installation completion date: 2017
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 4 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 20 L/day
Challenges met:
- Serves a dispenser in an event space (75 people)
- Offsets bottled water purchases
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/na/library/page/5/ [accessed 2019-12-02]
- https://ktla.com/2017/06/12/these-solar-panels-generate-drinking-water-from-the-air/ [accessed 2019-12-02]
Case 27: Seda Vertis North Hotel, Quezon City, Philippines
Location: Quezon City, Philippines
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 4 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 20 L/day
Challenges met:
- Drinking water for a rooftop restaurant and bar
- Reduced use of bottled water and associated single-use plastic waste
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/applications-library/page/8/ [accessed 2020-02-12]
Case 28: MASDAR Park, Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Location: Abu Dhabi, UAE
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 4 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 20 L/day
Challenges met:
- Drinking water for a public park
- Reduced use of bottled water and associated single-use plastic waste
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/applications-library/page/8/ [accessed 2020-02-12]
Case 29: Moca Fire Station, Moca, Puerto Rico
Location: Moca, Puerto Rico
Installation completion date: Unknown
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 7 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 35 L/day
Challenges met:
- Off-grid, independent source of drinking water
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/applications-library/page/8/ [accessed 2020-02-12]
Case 30: Western Australian Police Force, Joondalup, Western Australia
Location: Joondalup, Western Australia
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 8 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 40 L/day
Challenges met:
- Practical sustainability demonstration by a public service agency
- Drinking water for staff and visitors
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/applications-library/page/8/ [accessed 2020-02-12]
Case 31: Platinum Heritage Desert Safaris
Location: Murqab, Dubai, UAE
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 100 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 500 L/day
- The 100 Hydropanels are installed on the ground in a 10 panel x 10 panel array
Challenges met:
- Sustainable drinking water supply for guests of the safari company
- Avoids wasting water in filtration processes
- Avoids use of plastic water bottles and associated waste
Other interesting information:
- Zero Mass Water (ZMW) owns the SOURCE Field
- Water Purchase Agreement between Platinum Heritage Desert Safaris and ZMW is for purchase of a specified volume of water per month
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/renewable-drinking-water-zero-mass-water-introduces-source-fields-and-water-as-a-service-model/ [accessed 2020-06-24]
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2019/10/SOURCE_Customer-Story_Platinum-Heritage-Desert-Safaris.pdf [accessed 2020-06-24]
- https://www.platinum-heritage.com [accessed 2020-06-24]
Case 32: Blue Eyes Bottled Drinking Water
Location: Lahbab, Dubai, UAE
System specifications:
- Type, model: Liquid desiccant and solar thermal means, SOURCE Hydropanel
- 548 Hydropanels; a 2-panel array is rated at up to 10 L/day water production; therefore, water production potential is about 2740 L/day
- The Hydropanels are installed on the ground in an array
Challenges met:
- Sustainable drinking water supply for customers of a private water bottling company
- Avoids use of desalination or municipal water
Other interesting information:
- Zero Mass Water (ZMW) owns the SOURCE Field
- Water Purchase Agreement between Blue Eyes and ZMW is for purchase of a specified volume of water per month
- The water is filled into recyclable glass bottles
Public information sources:
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/renewable-drinking-water-zero-mass-water-introduces-source-fields-and-water-as-a-service-model/ [accessed 2020-06-24]
- https://www.zeromasswater.com/rexi/wp-content/uploads/sites/1/2019/12/SOURCE_Customer-Story_Blue-Eyes.pdf [accessed 2020-06-24]
- https://www.linkedin.com/company/blue-eyes-bottled-drinking-water/ [accessed 2020-06-24]
- https://gulfnews.com/photos/business/a-us-firm-is-turning-arabian-desert-air-into-bottled-water-1.1594718040957 [accessed 2020-07-15; this story has several photos by the Bloomberg photographer]