Key Points
As Hurricane Milton made landfall on Floridas west coast the evening of October 9, a deluge of rain ruptured the city of St. Petersburgs water main lines..
The damage meant that some hospitals in the areaincluding one with a large neonatal intensive care unit (NICU)were temporarily cut off from public water...
Jason Weida, secretary of Floridas Agency for Health Care Administration (AHCA), knew access to water could be an issue after Milton..
Thats why, before Milton hit, Weida reached out to Genesis Systems, a Tampa-based company manufacturing machines that pull moisture from the air to create potable water..
This means that in humid places like Florida, theres a lot of water in the air to pull from.. David Stuckenberg, cofounder and chief operations officer at Genesis Systems, explains that the WaterCube uses proprietary liquid and solid sorbentsmaterials that absorb waterthat essentially form a handshake with the water in the air..
