How many types of drinking water can you think of ? Beyond tap water, spring water and mineral water, I mean.
There are now lots of table waters, artesian waters and glacial waters. But a combination of world shortage and marketing ingenuity has ensured a constant flow of ever zanier initiatives. I’ve seen several machines that capture humidity. A particular favourite of mine is Cloud Juice from Tasmania.
Then, last week, I read about large nets to catch fog in Peru. It’s a rather sad story, really, since it’s the result of inadequate local supplies and severe poverty. Yet some German biologists have recently helped a neighbourhood of Lima collect up to 60 litres of water a night from a single panel of netting up on a hilltop.
You can find out more on the project at watertechonline.com. I’d be fascinated if any of you know of other unusual water sourcing stories.
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Before I left England 3 years ago, I lived in Shropshire. Water still gushed freely from old public collection fonts at the side of the road, mounted directly into the Malvern Hills. Anyone with the means to collect and carry it away could access the natural water supply.
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