Known Solution for:

solar powered water desalination

Water Still

Uses evaporation to collect water vapour. Effective with filthy or brack water. Requires no power other than sunlight!

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This is a documented case study in Botswana: http://archive.idrc.ca/library/document/053715/chap3_e.html
- Lorenz Baermann

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- V Karun

Does anyone know of places in the third world where this has been successfully used? We're working on water for Haiti.
- Mark Bonnema

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