Fog collection

Atrapanieblas ( " fog catchers " ) are networks in which fog droplets condense to locally and sustainably produce drinking water. This technique is inspired by the fog drinker Beetle. This technique of drinking water by a pilot plant in the Chilean village Chungungo in the fourth region was known 73 km north of the city of La Serena. The coastal fog ( camanchaca ) impinges on a mountain ridge of the Coastal Cordillera called El Tofo which is about 900 meters up on the right angles to the dominant wind direction related networks. The resulting water runs down a pipe system down and is collected above the village. They managed to make the remote fishing village of water transport independent and viable.

The construction of the first networks took place in 1987 and the subsequent expansion, including through financial support from the European Union and the Canadian government. Since 2002, the village Chungungo is again supplied by tanker. In 2003, with assistance of the Australian Embassy in Chile in Chañaral in the Atacama Desert another plant. Other Atrapanieblas are, for example, in Peru (Las Cuchillas ), Namibia, Nepal, Guatemala, Haiti.

" Atrapanieblas " is a composition of the Spanish words " atrapar " ( catch ) and " niebla " (fog).