The Most Important Element of Survival

Dear Black Bag Confidential Reader,
Considering how vital water is to our everyday survival (not just in a crisis situation) it makes sense that I receive so many questions about how to procure, treat and store it.
In this edition of the Weekly Drop, I address several of your aquatic queries, plus issues of home and cybersecurity.
Let’s get started.
I heard about ‘drinking water from the atmosphere’ being used by Israeli soldiers – in an individualized ‘backpack’ design. It uses atmospheric moisture. How can I get it?
– Akio H.
It sounds like you are talking about a product made by the Israeli company Water-Gen. This company builds generators that basically take in air and produce drinkable water.
Now, these machines run on electricity, and as far as I’m aware, they don’t sell a backpack version. At least they don’t sell one to civilians. However, as this technology improves and becomes more portable, I imagine they will make more devices like this available to everyone.

This post was published at Laissez Faire on Nov 4, 2017.