Ethara’s collaboration with Ma Hawa helped avoid more than one million plastic bottles, serving 339,000 Abu Dhabi GP attendees with drinking water generated from air.

Abu Dhabi, UAE, 2^nd May 2026: A sustainability initiative at the Formula 1 Etihad Airways Abu Dhabi Grand Prix has earned a Guinness World Record for producing the largest volume of drinking water generated from air in 24 hours. The milestone was achieved through a collaboration between Ethara, organisers of the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix, and Ma Hawa, the UAE-based, sustainable water production company owned by Baynunah Watergeneration Technologies SP. This significant achievement was announced during a ceremony held at the headquarters of Ethara in Abu Dhabi in association with MaHawa.

During the 2025 Abu Dhabi Grand Prix more than 30 Ma Hawa atmospheric water generation machines were deployed across the Yas Marina Circuit and Etihad Park. Within 24 hours, the system produced 60.75 cubic meters of drinking water from air setting a Guinness World Records for the ‘most water generated by an atmospheric water generation system in 24 hours.’

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