How Peru is netting water suppliesThe nets capture the fog in their thick plastic mesh and the drops fall into makeshift gutters that run along the bottom and drain into swimming pool-sized collection tanks further down the hillside.
Using four of these simple 8m x 4m structures, this community, perched on the foothills of the Andes in Lima’s Villa Maria del Triunfo district, can harvest around 240 litres of water every night and the similar amount during the course of the day.
It’s technology from air pirates in “Tale Spin”!
