Even Driest Desert Cities Can Harvest Fog Water

Chile's Atacama desert turns to fog harvesting – A lifeline for some of the world’s driest cities
Scientists estimate fog nets could collect up to 10 liters of water per square meter daily during peak months.
Fog harvesting could ease water shortages in the world’s driest places
Fog harvesting may provide a crucial water source for people living in some of the planet’s driest regions. By capturing moisture from passing fog, this technique gathers droplets and channels them into storage, potentially easing shortages for those who have little or no connection to traditional water infrastructures.
In the driest place on Earth, water hides in plain sight
Outside of a handful of valleys in Antarctica, the Atacama is the driest place on Earth. The inhospitable landscape of sand, bare rock, and salt flats is so extreme and otherworldly that it’s used as a proxy for Mars by researchers.
'Fog harvesting' could yield water for drinking and agriculture in the world's driest regions
With less annual rainfall than 1 mm per year, Chile's Atacama Desert is one of the driest places in the world. The main water source of cities in the region are underground rock layers that contain water-filled pore spaces which last recharged between 17,
Fog harvesting could provide water for arid cities
Research in Chile could help to provide drinking water for some of the world's most arid places.
Even the Driest Desert Cities Can Harvest Fog Water: Study
It's not a one-stop solution to water shortages, but it could help supplement other harvesting and conservation methods.
Fog harvesting can solve water crisis in arid cities, says Chile scientists
Fog harvesting is a relatively simple process. Mesh panels are hung between poles, and as moisture-laden clouds pass through the mesh, water droplets form and are channelled into pipes and storage tan
Harvesting fog could combat water shortages in world’s driest regions
SOUTH-EAST ASIA (dpa): Harvesting fog could ease water scarcity in the world's driest place, a new study has suggested. In Chile's Atacama Desert, with less annual rainfall than 1 millimetre per year, the main water source is underground water-filled spaces which last recharged between 17,000 and 10,000 years ago.
Scientists Work Out How To Extract Water From The Driest Hot Desert On Earth
Scientists have proposed an unlikely solution to water scarcity in one of the driest places on the planet: fog. By harvesting moisture from the air, they argue, we could provide vulnerable communities in Chile’s Atacama desert with much-needed water.
How morning fog could be vital water source in world’s driest desert
In a nutshell Scientists discovered that fog collection could provide up to 10 liters of water per square meter daily in areas surrounding Alto Hospicio, Chile, enough to help supply the city’s 10,000 informal settlement residents who currently rely on water truck deliveries.
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