Tech that pulls water from the sky.

From American public media, this is Marketplace Tech.

I'm Lily Jammale. One consequence of climate change is more frequent and severe droughts.

And that has water-stressed communities looking for new sources of drinking water.

Marketplace's Climate Podcast, How We Survive,

has been looking at how technology can help.

Host Amy Scott has this story.

On a rooftop in Scottsdale, Arizona,

I'm checking out an installation of what

look like solar panels, but do something very different.

Here you can see we have 10 of our hydro panels right here on the roof of our

source global headquarters. That's right these are called Hydro panels.

Ashley Howard is VP of marketing its source, the company that makes them.

They're pulling water vapors straight out of the dry desert sky

to create drinking water.

And that provides water for your office?

Provides water for our office.

You got it.

We'll try some in a moment, but first, founder and CEO Cody Frieseson explains how it works.

Think about the way that if you leave the lid off a sugar bowl,

over time it gets a little bit clumpy

because obviously the sugar is absorbing water vapor from the air.

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