500 m³/day Drinking Water Production with the Waterbender Seawater Desalination & Water Purification System

Waterbender Seawater Desalination & Water Purification System is a groundbreaking technology that employs innovative thermodynamic processes, and a low-temperature desalination method to purify any water source from natural and artificial introduced pollutants.

Waterbender is very efficient, low maintenance, and low in operational cost. It operates without the need of chemicals, reagents, inhibitors, coagulants, filters, cathodes, anodes, and it produces pure high-quality water. Our plants are scalable and can be custom designed to fit any capacity and needs. With a pioneering thermodynamic low-temperature technology at its core, this groundbreaking solution redefines the standards of efficiency, sustainability, cost-effectiveness and minimizing ecological footprint.

Waterbender Benefits

• Versatile application across various industries
• Modular design for easy setup and scalability
• Small footprint maximizing space utilization
• Fast deployment anywhere around the world
• Remarkably low net energy consumption (under 1 kWh/m3)
• Low maintenance and low maintenance cost
• Remote management reduces labor needs
• Lower equipment costs ensure financial viability
• No chemicals or membranes, reducing operational complexities
• No wastewater
• Low CAPEX and OPEX and fast ROI

Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO)

Unlike our Waterbender, Seawater Reverse Osmosis is a very inefficient and expensive to operate process. It produces more wastewater than drinking water, 30-50% of drinking water and 50-70% of wastewater (brine). The produced brine water is hazardous and requires a safe disposal to avoid a negative impact on the surrounding environment and its biodiversity, as a result, there is an increased and ongoing cost of operations. In addition, RO removes 92-99% of healthy minerals such as calcium and magnesium which can lead to imbalances and serious health problems, and has a lower pH, making the water more acidic and increasing the risk for gastrointestinal issues to list a few. RO also requires the use of filters and membranes that need to be replaced regularly, it consumes a lot of energy 3-7 kWh/m³, requires pretreatment and post-treatment, and it is a complex system with many moving parts increasing the risk of breakage, malfunctioning and ongoing replacement to list a few.

Seawater Reverse Osmosis Disadvantages

• Wastes significantly more Water than it produces
• High energy consumption (3-7 kWh/m³)
• Requires pretreatment and post-treatment
• High cost of filters and membranes' replacement
• Diminishing capacity and quality do to clogging and damage of the system
• Use of chemicals
• Micro-plastics contaminations
• Mineral loss and acidic pH
• Corrosion and toxic metal contamination
• Uses costly high-pressure pumps that require regular replacement
• High CAPEX and OPEX and slow ROI

Simple Modular Design

Waterbender is a simple modular designed technology line with a capacity of 75 m³/day. It allows fast deployment, fast setup, and provides the flexibility and scalability to meet any water capacity needs. Waterbender system is extremely low in energy consumption (under 1 kWh/m3) and can operate off grid utilizing solar panels. Each technology line consists of only two WB tank units, evaporating and condensation tank with a wet salt unloading unit and controller. Each technology line is 2.5 m x 17 m and an additional 1.5 m manipulating area around the unit. Totaling a small footprint of 99 m² per technology line. 

Waterbender Seawater Desalination 500 m³/day production

7 x 75 m³/day technology line required to produce 504 m³/day Drinking Water

Total land requirement for technology lines: 29.5 x 20 m (96.78 x 65.61 ft) = 590 m² (6,350.71 sq ft)

Total land requirement including roads 58 x 30 m (190.3 x 98.4 ft) = 1,740 m² (18,730 sq ft)

Additional functional units and areas required include an office building with a control room, an entrance gate featuring a 24-hour reception, barrier and ID access control, a camera system, a service building, internal roads and parking spaces, as well as a fenced operational area.

The number of professionals working in operations at the project site

The operation runs continuously, 24 hours a day, organized into three shifts, each requiring 1 shift supervisor and 1 technical operator. Therefore, across three shifts, a total of 3 shift supervisors and 3 technical operators are required. In total, the recommended staffing for the WB Project site, which includes office personnel, amounts to 8 individuals.

• 1 technology director (engineer, quality inspector) - 8 hours of office work,
• 3 shift supervisors (technicians) - 24/7 in three shifts,
• 3 technical operators (ski led workers) - 24/7 in three shifts,
• 1 administrator - 8 hours of office work.

Total: 8 individuals (operating 24/7 in three shifts, with office hours of 8 hours).

Operational process of WB Technology

• Phase Change - Optimized thermodynamical condition within the evaporation chamber to maximize the evaporation intensity throughout the process
• Separation - Water and salt molecules are separated during inter-band transition cycle
• Concentration - The vapor is transferred to concentration chamber. Resultant steam concentrates and condensates into clean potable water. Energy is recuperated.
• Salt Extraction- Salt accumulates inside the evaporation chamber. Salt is removed without interruptions to the desalination process.
• Output- Consumption-ready, lightly mineralized, superior-quality soft water.

Price of 500 m³/day – Ask for our price offer!

The price includes the Feasibility Study according to the local adaptation needs of 500 m³/day WB Technology, technological manufacturing design, full-scale production, on-site delivery, technological installation, trial operation, and training.

Completion Time frame: 12 months

Payment schedule. The project implementation has 5 milestones. 

The price does not include

• The costs of the necessary permitting procedures (building permits, technology permits) at the implementation site
• The cost of constructing the necessary road network and car parks on the site. The cost of the concrete foundations for the plant units (Waterbender),
• The acquisition of a fleet of trucks suitable for the transport of wet salt and the operation of the transport.
• The legal and notarization fees on-site, as well as the cost of the land required for the construction of the plant and the costs of property development (office building, reception, site development).

Waterbender additional profit option 2024 market prices for wet salt $60-$130/ton

The global industrial salt market was valued at USD 13.67 billion in 2022 and is projected to reach USD 17.43 billion by 2028, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.13% during the forecast period. The predominant application of salt lies within the chemical industry, especially in the production of chloralkaline products and synthetic soda ash.

By 2028, shipments in the global industrial salts market are anticipated to hit 389.51 million tons. Industrial salt is utilized for various non-food applications, including chemical manufacturing, water treatment, and de-icing. It boasts more than 14,000 uses, spanning dye setting, glassmaking, and tire production. Approximately 60% of global salt production is dedicated to industrial applications.

Bulk Salt Consumers

• Road Maintenance and De-icing
• Water Treatment Facilities
• Food Processing and Preservation
• Agriculture
• Chemical Industry
• Pharmaceuticals
• Leather Tanning and Dyeing
• Oil and Gas Industry
• Mining
• Pulp and Paper Industry
• Textile Industry
• Pool Maintenance
• Dehumidifying Solutions

Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO) high wastewater (brine) generation and power consumption

Standard ROtechnology typically generates 40-70% wastewater (brine) with an increased saltconcentration of 8% and additional chemical and microplastic contaminants that pose a threat to our ecosystems. Additional brine water treatment is required. Our Waterbender system on the other hand, offers significant advantagesover the traditional seawater reverse osmosis (SWRO) methods in water treatment, making it a more efficient, profitable, cleaner and environmentally friendly solution.

Additional Wastewater treatment requirements for Seawater Reverse Osmosis (SWRO)

Surface water discharge CAPEX $130-600/m³ - OPEX $0.05 - $0.30/m³

This method is suitable for desalination plants of all sizes.

• Harm to marine ecosystems
• Decrease dissolved oxygen of seawater
• Need to be near surface water

Sewer discharge CAPEX $30-120/m³ - OPEX $0.32 - $0.66/m³

This method dilutes the brine with ambient seawater.

• Rarely used in seawater desalination plants
• Harm to marine ecosystems
• Decrease dissolved oxygen of seawater
• Need to be near the coast
• More expensive than surface water discharge

Deep-well injection CAPEX $300-500/m³ - OPEX $0.54 - $2.65/m³

This method is suitable for inland desalination plants and doesn't harm marine ecosystems

• Not suitable for areas with high seismic activity and permeable strata
• Causes groundwater pollution
• Causes soil pollution
• High operational and maintenance cost

Evaporation pond CAPEX $2,800 - 3,600/m³ - OPEX $3.28 - $10.04/m³

This method is suitable for inland desalination plants and doesn't harm marine ecosystems. It is also easy to operate.

• Needs large areas of land
• Causes groundwater pollution
• Causes soil pollution
• High operational cost

Versatile Waterbender Technologies can be deployed across various industries

The Waterbender Technology employs innovative thermodynamic processes, a low-temperature desalination method to purify any water source from natural and/or artificially introduced pollutants. Waterbender can purify any water source from chemicals, petroleum products, heavy metals, harmful minerals, particles and many more pollutant sources. Our technology can be effectively used in the following industries:

• Reverse osmosis plant, brine water purification
• Ballast water cleaning
• Hydraulic fracturing
• Petrochemical industry
• Offshore oil platforms
• Manufacturing industry
• Agriculture, horticulture and irrigation
• Mining industry
• Cooling tower water treatment
• Boiler water treatment
• Waste recovery, wastewater treatment
• Marine industry
• Pulp & Paper Industry
• Data center water treatment
• Microelectronics
• Biofuels & Ethanol Industry
• Food & Beverage water treatment
• Textile Industry
• Hospitals and healthcare operations
• Radioactive water purification
• Deuterium technology, production of heavy water
• Power generation Industry
• Municipal wastewater treatment
• Lithium extraction
• Natron cleaning, crystallization
• Sapropel organic fertilizer production
• Water pollution cleanup
• Disaster response

And more