Earmark - Atmospheric Water Harvesting

Agency:		Department of Defense--Military
Bureau:		Research, Development, Test, and Evaluation
Account:		Research, development, test, and evaluation, Navy (17-1319)
Certifying Official:		Deputy Comptroller Program/Budget
Contact Information:		http://WWW.DOD.GOV 703-697-5131

Atmospheric Water Harvesting

3 recipients will receive $963,000. This is a first-time earmark.

Year Enacted: 2005

Description: This effort developed and delivered prototype water harvesting device(s) to condense water from the air. The device is self-powered, using photovoltaics to gather power from the sun and store it in batteries. The battery power was used to operate various mechanical and/or solid state cooling devices to condense vapor from the air. This device could have dual use (commercial) applicability.

Beneficiary/Recipient	Amount ($K)	Program	Type	Address
US ARMY TANK-AUTOMOTIVE AND ARMAMENTS COMMAND	$0		Federal	WARREN, MI
US NAVAL ACADEMY- COMPTROLLER	$963		Federal	ANNAPOLIS, MD
MARINE DESALINATION SYSTEMS, LLC	$0		For-Profit	SAINT PETERSBURG, FL