Harnessing the power of the sun, Zero Mass Water's Source hydropanels do just that.

Through a grant provided by the Unreasonable Group and Barclays Bank, an initial demonstration project is bringing this pioneering air-to-water technology to 15 Navajo households.

This project is being managed by Navajo Power, Public Benefit Corporation, and Arizona-based Zero Mass Water.

Already, the demonstration project is proving to be a hit. "We are so happy to see these systems come to our communities who have not had basic access to water for all of these years," said Mae Franklin of the Cameron and Coalmine communities.

But how exactly does this unique technology work?

While some of that answer is shrouded by proprietary trade secrecy and multiple patented inventions, we do know the hydropanels—powered by off-grid solar energy—have fans that draw air in the atmosphere and push it through what's called a hygroscopic. From there, the trapped water vapor is extracted and gets condensed into liquid that's collected in the reservoir of the hydropanel.