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Originally Posted by stereologist
I've been to a lecture in which the presenter showed how plants can extract water from passing clouds. The plants collect the mist on their surfaces and the water drips off next to the plant. Last I heard their were efforts to promote moisture in the soil by placing fences in the area to extract water from the passing clouds where plants no longer existed.
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Interesting! Do you recall where that is going on?
I recently heard this bit on collecting water from fog with nets.
What won't we silly human bags of water think of next.
Water collection WASH Technology
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Fog harvesting: a solution for Cape Verde’s water shortages?
January 29, 2009
... Residents here have little access to safe drinking water due to a shortage of purification facilities and declining rainfall, a situation shared by 25 percent of the population – more than 100,000 people.
Close to the sea, the government-protected park on Santiago Island has ample fog, which does not often produce rain.
With the help of 200sqm of netting erected in 2005, Serra Malagueta’s residents are collecting fog water to supply their water needs. The nets capture fog, which then turns into water that drips into a trough and flows through pipes. The filtered water is fed into holding tanks that supply the water to the elementary school and community faucets. ...
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