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Rabbi Jason 
A. Miller

Yehuda 
Kaploun

E

arlier this year I stum-
bled upon an intriguing 
company exhibiting at 
the International Consumer 
Electronics Show (CES) in 
Las Vegas. 
The company, 
Watergen, had 
an impressive 
booth that drew 
attendees in, but 
it had an even 
more impressive 
claim. The com-
pany, which is 
only a decade old, creates fresh 
drinking water from thin air 
using ground-breaking Israeli 
technology.
As I listened to the spokes-
person tell me about how 
Watergen can create clean 
drinking water for entire cities, 
I naturally thought about the 
water crisis in Flint, which is 
an ongoing problem for the 
residents there even if the news 
coverage has declined. Rather 
than trucking in countless plas-
tic bottles of drinking water to 
Flint, why not allow Watergen 
to set up their innovative tech-
nology and end the crisis? 
Apparently, I wasn’
t the only 
one to think of this solution.
Yehuda Kaploun, president 
of Watergen USA and respon-
sible for coordinating strategic 

development 
and partnerships 
throughout the 
United States, also 
was puzzled as to 
why his company 
wasn’
t putting 
its solutions into 
place in the one American city 
that needed it most. Apparently, 
Watergen tried to convince 
city officials in Flint to use its 
technology, but they were resis-
tant. They were content with 
continuing to distribute plastic 
water bottles to Flint residents, 
which is obviously not the best 
financial solution or the most 
environmentally conscious 
option.

A CHANCE ENCOUNTER 
CHANGED EVERYTHING
The Flint water crisis seems 
to be ending thanks to a 
chance encounter between two 
men. Armstrong 
Williams, the 
political com-
mentator and 
entrepreneur, was 
in Washington, 
D.C., this past 
May at an event 
to celebrate Israel’
s 
71st birthday. Upon leaving 
the event, Williams noticed 
the Watergen machine out-

COURTESY OF WATERGEN

Watergen water bags
Israeli Technology 
is Answer to Flint 
Water Crisis

Jews in the D
jews in the digital age

Armstrong 
Williams

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