California family creates drinking water out of thin air. Should more households try this tech?

Hydropanels, which trap water vapour from the air, are being used in a pilot program to make safe drinking water at a home in Stanislaus County with high levels of nitrates in its well water. —Alfaro/Modesto Bee/TNS

SACRAMENTO: The drinking water for a family near Keyes, California, comes from an unusual source: It’s extracted from air.

Such systems could help parts of the Central Valley with polluted wells, and parts of the world where water is always in short supply.