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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With the surplus water they can sell and create a new business opportunity.
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Thought the title said FROG harvester - now I'm disappointed.
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Wickedly creative
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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.
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These nets were in a article in Hi-lites (a magazine for kids) in the early 1990's. This is not a new concept.
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