Water

Harvesting Water from Dew

We found this article over at inhabitat.com.

Beetle-Inspired Bottle Harvests Drinking Water From Thin Air

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For over one hundred years, scientists and engineers have been studying ways to effectivelyharvest fog as a source of water in arid regions. Although some of these man-made systems have proved useful, the plants and insects that inhabit deserts are far more efficient dew collectors. One ingenious bug known as the “fog beetle” collects drinking water by perching in an opportune position that allows dew droplets to collect in ridges on its back. Seeing this, designer Pak Kitae developed an ingenious biomimicking Dew Bank bottle that could provide hydration to millions ofpeople that lack accessible drinking water.

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Adding a Catchwater System to your home

Retrofits are entirely possible, they are just harder, more expensive and time consuming when compared to a new building.

Water Organizing Module

Water: from the sky: clean and potable: Earthships catch water on the roof, from the sky (rain & snow melt) and use it four times.

Fix a Leak Week Offers Texas-Sized Water Savings

Americans can save water and money

Washington — Across the country, household leaks are wasting more than 1 trillion gallons of water per year — enough water to supply every home in Texas with its annual water needs. To help consumers save water and money, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is working with water utilities, manufacturers, retailers, communities and plumbers to promote its second annual Fix a Leak Week, March 15 to 21.

Water - The elixir of life.

Fresh drinking and washing water is something that so many people take for granted. In all first world countries, you can just turn on the tap and there it is! Water you can drink and wash with, and the supply seems to be endless. Wakeup call, that couldn’t be farther from the truth. The reality is many of the world’s fresh water aquifers are being depleted, and many others are being polluted. Not to mention that many people living in third world countries don’t even have access to fresh, clean water. The answer? Water from the sky. Here is the most thorough explanation of how an Earthship collects and uses water that I can muster, based on the past 8 months of my experiences with Earthship Biotecture.