Turning tomatoes into drinking water? Ingomar Packing Company, Botanical Water Technologies team up to make this happen
Two companies are teaming up to respond to the drought in California by turning the water in tomatoes into drinking water. Los Banos-based Ingomar Packing Company, a tomato processor, is partnering with Botanical Water Technologies to make this happen. Tomatoes are made up of about 95% water. … Despite coming from tomatoes, Rees said the water doesn’t taste like it. … The plan is for the Los Banos Ingomar site to create more than 200 million gallons of potable water per year by 2025.