Water, Water, everywhere; nor any drop to drink. The plight of the Ancient Mariner is about to be alleviated thanks to a firm of eco-inventors from Canada who claim to have found the solution to the worlds worsening water shortages by drawing the liquid of life from an unlimited and untapped source – the air.
The company, Element Four, has developed a machine that it hopes will become the first mainstream household appliance to have been invented since the microwave. Their creation, the WaterMill, uses the electricity of about three light bulbs to condense moisture from the air and purify it into clean drinking water.
It works by drawing air through filters to remove dust and particles, then cooling it to just below the temperature at which dew forms. The condensed water is passed through a self-sterilising chamber that uses microbe-busting UV light to eradicate any possibility of Legionnaires disease or other infections. Finally, it is filtered and passed through a pipe to the owners fridge or kitchen tap.
There is a version of “The Rime of the Ancient Mariner” that includes the etext, audio narration and even illustrations – which might make it helpful for those that are interested in the story but would like to also listen to it and watch (in a sense):
http://www.adamsmithacademy.org/etext/TheRimeoftheAncientMariner.html