A team of scientists at the University of Ghent came up with the machine, which turns urine into drinkable water and fertilizer via solar energy.
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The researchers say they plan to install more purification machines at shopping centres, sporting arenas and airports, with the ultimate goal to bring clean water to rural areas and developing countries.
Or you could just make a few beers. This water was subsequently used by a local brewery to make beer.
While Jesus allegedly turned water into wine, science is behind a solar powered machine to turn urine into beer, potentially a momentous piece of progress.
University of Ghent scientist Sebastiaan Derese sips a cup of water from a machine that turns urine into drinkable water..
The urine is collected in a big tank, heated in a solar-powered boiler before passing through the membrane where the water is recovered and nutrients such as potassium, nitrogen and phosphorus are separated.
The technology, by a team from the University of Ghent, was recently demonstrated at a ten-day music festival in the city of Ghent, where it successfully recovered 1,000 litres of water from the urine of festival visitors.
Quite fittingly, the water from the festival will now be used to make one of Belgium’s most coveted specialities – beer. “We call it from sewer to brewer”.
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Researchers have revealed a new system which transforms urine into electricity using a microbial fuel cell. This way, both resources can be made readily available to people in need by using what is (no longer) considered a waste product.
