Fiji’s first ever hydro‑panel project has been successfully launched by the Minister for Women, Children and Poverty Alleviation Mereseini Vuniwaqa at Yavusania Village in Nadi.

The Hydro panels are an off‑grid, solar powered technology which extracts water vapour from the air into a proprietary absorbent material, the water then flows into a reservoir where it is mineralised with calcium and magnesium for health and taste benefits.

Speaking at the commissioning of the project, the Minister for Women said the project which is being implemented by Solved Fiji Limited is commendable and signifies how corporate organizations are lending a helping hand to Fijians in gaining access to this fundamental human right.

She adds that Solved Fiji Limited is also helping the Fijian Government in achieving its objective to have hundred percent of Fiji’s urban population access clean and safe water by 2021 and rural and maritime areas by 2030.

The technology used in hydro‑panels also successfully eliminates plastic pollution, with each panel displacing up to 50,000 standard plastic bottles.

Another feature of this project is that it is completely infrastructure independent and uses no electricity or existing water supply to power the Hydro panel.

A similar project has also been implemented at Koroipita in Lautoka.