Water Abundance
Water scarcity is 90% distribution and treatment failure; decentralized, solar-powered, franchise-operated units beat pipeline megaprojects on speed, cost and resilience.
What the document proves
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Ten ventures achieving universal safe water and sanitation at $27 per person-year, versus $80–200 for grid extension approaches
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Atmospheric water harvesters at $0.012/liter (2029 curve) profitable at kiosk scale in 70% of stressed geographies
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AI acoustic leak swarms recovering water for 15 million people per megacity at 18-month payback
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Container sanitation franchises netting $35–60/household/year from resource recovery — sanitation with positive unit economics
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A Water-Secure Unit standard verified by IoT flow meters, quality sensors and randomized assays at $0.60/household/year