"Every year 2.5 million people die from thirst or from drinking polluted water, and The United Nations expects that by the year 2025 two-thirds of the world’s population will be suffering from water shortage. While studying Industrial Design at Germany’s Muthesius Academy of Fine Arts and Design, Imke Hoehler based her final thesis on finding a resolution to this important challenge. Her DropNet fog collector offers a versatile design that literally harvests drinking water from thin air and mist. This easy to assemble design could have a significant impact on the bleak and waterless future many climate scientists believe to be inevitable.
By utilizing natural and local resources, the DropNet could greatly improve the drinking water supply in many isolated areas that have limited infrastructure. This fog collector filters tiny water droplets from fog clouds and causes the droplets to coalesce. Each unit can collect 10-20 liters of water per day, and an array of several structures could easily supply a whole village with clean healthy drinking water. Due to its tent like construction the DropNet collectors can be assembled by non-skilled workers on both flat and uneven grounds."
Sent us by David Naas
5 comments:
It is such a simple great idea and these are nice to look at too.
Hi Lloyd - excellent idea for getting pure water in areas with a good amount of fog. However would like to make the point that there is no "bleak and waterless future". There is exactly the same amount of water on the earth as there always has been, and there always will be. It may be in a form that is inconvenient to us but it can not escape from the earth. The problem is the disconnect between population and water supply, people tend to live in areas where their demand exceeds the supply. They also waste it. We should not confuse the problem of creating a lot of dirty water and wasting clean water, with the problem of a shortage of water or we will end up trying to solve the wrong problem? Like the blog.
Very cool. Thanks for sharing this.
How would these hold up in windy weather?
Where can I get one or two?
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