World's largest fog water filter

Fog-filtering panels spanning a 600-square-meter area in Morocco can produce an average of 6,000 liters of water per day.

Fog filters installed in Morocco. Photo: Dar Si Hmad.

The NGO Dar Si Hmad is installing large nets on the edge of the Sahara in southwestern Morocco to capture moisture from the air and turn fog into drinking water, CNN reported. The method is similar to the process that pine and other redwood trees use to condense fog into water when there is a lack of rain.

"This is the world's largest fog harvesting project," said the Dar Si Hmad Foundation.

The nets are placed at an altitude of 1,225 meters, cover an area of ​​600 square meters and produce an average of 6,000 liters of water per day. The pilot project is currently providing clean water to 500 people in five villages in the Anti Atlas region, which has been severely affected by drought. It has contributed to changing the lives of local people.

"People here say they used to live like slaves but now they are free. It's a great change and people feel proud to be the recipients of new water filtration technology," said Jamila Bargach, director of Dar Si Hmad.

The current technology will be upgraded to a new version called “CloudFisher” next year. It requires no maintenance and can double the amount of water produced. The project will also expand to eight more villages over the next two years, with more than 500 new users. At the request of local organizations, Dar Si Hmad will also take the fog-harvesting nets to other parts of southwestern Morocco, providing clean water to the many rural villages affected by water shortages.

According to VNE