Generates water mist catcher

We have become accustomed to the fact that costs just turn the tap, it will flow a trickle of clear liquid. But on the ground there are areas where clean water is worth its weight in gold. We have already talked about a cheap and accessible method of water extraction from the airWhich are used in Africa. Now fast forward to mentally on the South American continent, in Peru, where residents of one of the high mountain villages are a free way to get water.

Maria Avalos:

Our village slowly and surely dying. There were no prospects of work. The people left in the city. Of course, we were engaged in the cultivation of vegetables, but only for himself, because due to lack of water could not count on a good harvest. Water and so had to buy from a local company, which is three times a week water carter drove us in the highlands. It is very expensive, and we wanted to farm.

Settlers needed a cheap and reliable source of water supply. Drilling artesian wells and install submersible pumps - no funds.

Therefore, the villagers chose another option and mount a device that extracts water from the morning mist.

The collector is a cloth of polypropylene fabric as a fine mesh, from 40 to 70 sq. m. The fabric is stretched by means of wires between two metal poles driven into the ground.

At the bottom, just under the material web is attached chute. Early in the morning, when the wind blows the fog, moisture contained in it, due to the difference in temperature condenses and falls on a panel in the form of drops.

Roll down, droplets trickling down the chute, fall into the plastic tube, the other end of which is withdrawn in the barrel-pyatisotlitrovuyu sump.

The average daily water catchment system collects from 200 to 400 liters of water. By increasing the area of ​​the reservoir, according to the calculations of engineers, the system can collect up to 1000 liters per day.

To save even more, the residents decided to abandon the use of a pump for the water supply. He played into the hands of relief. Tanks of water are above the level of the village and the places allotted for crops. Thus water is fed by gravity into the hoses and elevation provide sufficient pressure in the irrigation system.

Maria Avalos:

Because of the farmers we have become a farmer. Now we do not pay the company for the water, do not waste electricity to run pumps. All the funds we invest in further expansion of farming. People work there, and the village came to life. We grow to sell eco-friendly products, and in the future we plan to master the neighboring hills.

Positive experience already interested people from other alpine villages. Moreover, based on the experience gained, the South Americans are advised to put the cloth, taking into account the wind rose, the characteristic of a particular area. The wind must blow at an angle or along a collector, otherwise, because of the large sail area, the pillars on which is mounted panel, can break or frustrate the canvas. Alternatively, in case of high wind loading is possible to use a grid with a large cell, but this would reduce the amount of water collected.

Maria Avalos

Of course, our way of getting the water is not suitable for everyone. Much depends on the climate, terrain, etc. However, based on our experience, I can say that I do not see a simple and virtually free way of getting clean water.

In the future modernization of the sump. In particular, it wants to make a Quick-(this is true in the case of hurricane wind) and to supplement rain water collection system.

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