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Fresh water plucked out of thin air. It’s an ambitious goal, but to win the Water Abundance XPRIZE teams have to suck two tonnes a day from the atmosphere in a cheap and sustainable way.
XPRIZE, a non-profit that organised the competition, announced the five teams through to the final round today, coinciding with World Water Day. The finalists are from the UK, Australia, India and the US, and were selected from an initial field of 98 based on results from their prototypes.
Final testing will happen in July. Teams must produce at least …