- [Julie] Abu Dhabi is a modern jewel

in the Middle East and capitalof the United Arab Emirates.

Located on the Persian Gulf,

you might think it has plenty of water

but there's a problem.

- I'm not talking just about the ocean

that you see outside.

I'm talking about the groundwater.

It's all very, very salty and undrinkable.

- [Julie] Last year, the UAEbecame the first Arab state

in more than 25 years tomake peace with Israel

when it signed onto the Abraham Accords.

That opened the door for Watergen.

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- [Interpreter] The second I heard

and saw that the AbrahamAccords were signed,

I dropped everything I was dealing with

and went directly to the UAE

in order to strengthen the Accords.

- [Julie] Dr. Michael Mirilashvili

is owner and president of Watergen,

which makes water out of air.

Now that technology ishelping make friends out

of former enemies.

- We started here almost six months ago

and today our machines installed

all over Abu Dhabi.

- Temperatures in Abu Dhabi regularly soar

to 100 degrees and above and that's hot

but this Watergen machinehere in the Al Fay Park

gives water and refreshment

to those who come to enjoy and play.

- The United Arab Emirates

is very, very similar to Israel

because it's a relatively young country

that is located in themiddle of the desert.

- [Julie] Now Watergenand the Emirati company,

Al Dahra Group, havesigned a landmark agreement

for a water research program.

- [Interpreter] We openeda Water Research Institute

in the UAE, which is a sub-institute

from Tel Aviv University in Israel named

after my father, Moshe Mirilashvili.

It helps us at Watergen

to produce a formula forthe best premium water

in the world, which will be the tastiest,

the cleanest and thehealthiest in the world.

- [Julie] Ben GurionUniversity of the Negev

is also involved.

President Daniel Chamovitz says the goal

is to combine researchon water and agriculture.

- What we're doing with Watergen

is bringing these two institutes together

such that with waterpurified through Watergen

from the air can then be used

to funnel in to agricultural systems

to provide horticulturein desert urban settings.

- [Julie] Another major announcement came

with laying the cornerstone

for a Watergen productionfacility in the UAE.

It will provide products here

for other Gulf states and Africa.

- [Interpreter] They have a dream,

also it's our dream and vision

that the Abraham Accordsimpact not only the Middle East

but the entire world and demonstrate

that peace, cooperation and mutual respect

are much more beneficial than animosity.

- [Julie] While 70% of the Earth's surface

is covered by water,

only half of 1% is fresh water.

More than two billion people

don't have access to safe drinking water.

That's where Watergen comes in.

- [Interpreter] My maingoal is that every person

in the world could affordto use our machines

and have the best drinking water.

- [Julie] Watergen co-CEO, Michael Rutman,

explains how Watergen works.

- For the last 100 years,

people were using a very,very simple mechanism

called the heat exchangerin order to cool air.

When the air is reachingdewpoint temperature,

the humidity separated and you get water.

- [Julie] Company scientists work

to reinvent the heat exchanger.

- Now with this revolutionarypatented new heat exchanger,

we can extract up to five times more water

per one kilowatt of energy

than any other technology on the market.

- [Julie] Their biggestmachine makes some 1,300

to nearly 1,600 gallons a day.

- We're gonna introducebigger machines in the future

but factories know

because the whole idea here

is about decentralization.

The whole idea is to placeas many small machines

or medium machines all around the place

and to create the waterwhen you consume it.

- [Julie] That includesa small Genie machine

for the home and even for cars

to provide running water while you drive.

Already in more than 80 countries,

Watergen has also placedmachines in the Gaza Strip,

powered by solar panels.

Ambassador Eitan Na'eh, Headof Mission in Abu Dhabi,

tells CBN News what makes this partnership

so strategically important.

- What we see around Watergen

is that it defines the reasonwhy the United Arab Emirates

wanted to have such relationships

in the first place with Israel,

which is about what wecan give each other,

technology and scale-up.

- [Julie] Na'eh adds whythat combination leads

to a strong synergy.

- It's really a symbolof our relationship.

We create water from the air.

We create relationships,

we create contacts, wecretae business and trade

out of animosity or indifferent before.

Friends out of enemies.

So this is what we'reheading for hopefully.

- [Julie] Mirilashvili says a key part

of the decision is that theUAE didn't choose Watergen

just because it's Israeli.

- [Interpreter] Theytested a lot of companies

and compared and they realized

that we had an edge over everyone else.

They told us no one caneven compete with you.

- [Julie] He says that's ledto a stronger partnership

with very good people.

- [Interpreter] When one has good

and serious intentions,

the Almighty always lends his help.

- [Julie] Julie Stahl,CBN News, Abu Dhabi, UAE.