Catching Water From Fog and Dew
by TreeHugger on 04.21.05
FogQuest is a Canadian non-profit organization that assists families in developing countries tap into fog and rainwater as a source for clean water. They use special nets on mountains for fog collection and even rock structures for dew collection, to provide water for homes, agriculture and forestry. The organization works in rural areas where conventional water supplies (such as wells, rivers, pipelines) are not available.
FogQuest is currently implementing fog collection projects in the coastal desert of northern Chile and in the mountains of Haiti. It is also providing advice and guidance to projects in other countries such as Nepal and the Dominican Republic.
Many countries are arid or seasonally arid and could benefit from the
sources of water that nature provides from the atmosphere. FogQuest exists to help people tap into these supplies of water.
:: FogQuest
[by Justin Thomas]
Reminds me of something from Frank Herbert's "Dune"
...or the famed "moisture vaporators" from the planet Tatooine.
I've read about fog fences for years. Here's a link to a site that has some info on them http://www.rexresearch.com/airwells/airwells.htm though you'll have to search on the page for "fog fences" to get to that section. Still, there is some good info on airwells in general and it looks like the page has been updated recently. Hope that helps some :)
And now we add some alternative kiting key terms to the mix: Kite-lofted air wells, kite-lofted dew ponds, kite-lofted fog fences, kite-lofted sponges, kite-lofted super-absorbent chemicals, kite-lofted deliberate icing forms with retrieval methods, etc.
http://www.josephfaust.com/kiteworld/kiteofwater/2005april29.htm