#fog-harvesting
Issues, solutions, and case studies for fog-harvesting
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#00058Coastal fog harvesting with mesh collectors where advection fog is reliable
Where coastal advection fog is dependable, vertical mesh nets passively strain water droplets from wind-driven fog into reservoirs — no energy, no membranes, no seawater intake. Cheap and low-tech, but geographically constrained and historically prone to social/ownership collapse
Case studies 2
Catholic University of Chile and international fog-collection researchers (precursor to FogQuest) · 1992–2002 · Neighborhood
Large-mesh fog collectors installed on El Tofo mountain piped water to the coastal village of Chungungo, averaging ~15,000 L/day at peak. The system ran from 1992 to ~2002 before total abandonment: no local maintenance…
International research/aid funding (incl. Canada's IDRC) via academic and NGO partners · 1 source
Dar Si Hmad (women-led NGO); FogQuest (pilot design); CloudFisher / Aqualonis / WasserStiftung (mesh upgrade) · since 2015 · Region
A women-led NGO (Dar Si Hmad) built the world's largest operational fog-water harvesting system on the fog-rich slopes of Mount Boutmezguida, on the edge of the Sahara, where groundwater is failing under drought. Vertic…
Grants (incl. Munich Re Foundation, USAID and others) channeled through Dar Si Hmad · 2 sources