1. A water recovery device comprising: a desiccant stack including a chamber defining an airflow path therein, the desiccant stack including a plurality of desiccant trays, each desiccant tray including a desiccant media cartridge and an amount of liquid desiccant placed within the desiccant tray and being absorbed by a media material of the media cartridge; a condenser communicating with the desiccant stack; a heat source operative to add heat energy to the chamber; and wherein an airstream within the water recovery device is warmed prior to or during an extraction cycle, the extraction cycle operative to remove a retained water vapor from within the chamber, the condenser providing a cooling source to condense the water vapor and thereby producing an amount of water condensate.