Fog Harvester

By Alex in Pictures, Travel on Jul 12, 2009 at 1:34 pm

Photo: Anne Lummerich

German conservationists Kai Tiedemann and Anne Lummerich came up with an ingenious solution to Peruvian village Bellavista’s water problem. The small village south of the capital city of Lima has very little rainfall but a lot of fog, so the duo set up fog catchers to harvest hundreds of gallons of water a day right out of the air!

The nets stand perpendicular to the prevailing wind, which blows fog into the coarse, woven plastic mesh. From there, drops of fog-water fall into gutters that carry the water to collection tanks.

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Tags: Anne Lummerich, fog harvester, Kai Tiedemann, Peru

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D Bozko
Jul 12th, 2009 at 1:54 pm
Now this is a NEAT story. What ingenuity and innovation.
Kalel
Jul 12th, 2009 at 1:58 pm
That’s fogging brilliant!
rika
Jul 12th, 2009 at 2:17 pm
great, but i wonder what that water tastes like..
kam00n
Jul 12th, 2009 at 2:28 pm
The article lies.

I grew up in Lima, and we’ve had these nets since at least (!) 2003.
nacho
Jul 12th, 2009 at 2:39 pm
kam00n lies.

I grew up in La Molina, in Lima, and we’ve had those since at least 2000
ArtW
Jul 12th, 2009 at 2:40 pm
Right out of Dune!
ted
Jul 12th, 2009 at 8:22 pm
Isn’t that what Luke Skywalker’s uncle did for a living?
Esteban
Jul 12th, 2009 at 10:12 pm
These nets were in a article in Hi-lites (a magazine for kids) in the early 1990′s. This is not a new concept.
chudez
Jul 12th, 2009 at 11:20 pm
seriously reminds me of Dune. all we need now are walled off water reservoirs so that the pesky sandtrout don’t get to the water.
Ajan
Jul 12th, 2009 at 11:53 pm
Wickedly creative
Jochen Meyer
Jul 13th, 2009 at 1:39 am
It’s nothing new, true. But there is nothing that tells that it is new.
Well, the link maybe, but even the linked article talks about those catchers in Bellavista in the year 2006. Even if this might not be correct.
Anyway, THIS article doesn’t say something that is not correct (From what I read).
Vonskippy
Jul 13th, 2009 at 1:50 am
Thought the title said FROG harvester – now I’m disappointed.
Ali S.
Jul 14th, 2009 at 9:51 pm
With the surplus water they can sell and create a new business opportunity.

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