Make no mistake – The world’s water crisis isn’t a tomorrow problem.
Roughly half of humanity now faces severe water scarcity for at least part of the year, and about 2.1–2.2 billion people still lack safely managed drinking water, according to recent UN and UNICEF updates.
Early traction suggests the model isn’t theoretical.
Beyond Water reports more than 300 deployments worldwide, 100+ million liters of water produced, and 200 million liters saved via efficiencies and displacement of trucked/bottled water. Those are ambitious company figures, but they align with the growing adoption curve of AWG in disaster relief, island economies, defense, mining, hospitality, campuses, and remote communities.
The market tailwinds are real. Analysts peg the global AWG sector at ~$2.5–$2.8 billion in 2023–2024, with forecasts ranging from $4.6 billion by 2030 to $12.7 billion by 2034, reflecting rapid innovation and diverse use cases.
Even the conservative outlooks imply high-single- to double-digit compound growth as utilities and enterprises pursue decentralized, climate-resilient water.
But what differentiates Beyond Water is its systems thinking.
Rather than selling standalone machines, the company is assembling an end-to-end platform—generation, mineralization, storage, and distribution—so customers can plug into a turnkey, locally sited water source. That reduces logistics, cuts plastic waste, and builds redundancy where pipes are aging or drought-exposed.
Stewardship matters as much as the hardware, and here the company benefits from the entrepreneurial drive of Roheen Berry, its founder and executive chairman.
Roheen Berry has pushed Beyond Water to pair engineering with partnerships and storytelling—launching around World Water Day, engaging civic and private stakeholders, and positioning AWG as a complement to (not a replacement for) traditional sources in stressed geographies. His broader operating background helps the company move quickly from prototypes to bankable projects.
Skeptics rightly ask about energy intensity. That’s why the next leg of differentiation is integration: units where humidity profiles are favorable; powering with renewables; recapturing waste heat; and right-sizing capacity (from campus-scale hubs to containerized field units) to keep the kilowatt-hours per liter competitive with trucking or desal in specific contexts.
As climate volatility strains centralized systems, the resilience premium for local generation rises. Industry data already show that most AWG units rely on cooling-condensation methods, a mature pathway that benefits directly from ongoing advances in compressors, heat exchangers, and smart controls.
The stakes are high. Meeting SDG 6 will require not only public investment but also private innovation that can be replicated across regions.
With a combined hardware-plus-infrastructure model, documented deployments, and momentum in the U.S. following its 2025 launch, Beyond Water is making a credible case that water-from-air can move from niche to necessary—augmenting baselines, buffering droughts, and expanding safe access where pipes don’t reach.
In a world where scarcity is the headline, turning air into assurance is a thesis worth backing
