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Frankie's avatar

This is incredibly helpful. Thanks for sharing! Looking forward to hearing about the progress!

Jessica's avatar

Getting the last parts and putting together the big tower this weekend! I was really beating my head against the wall this week, but now I'm excited. I think this design has real potential.

Frankie's avatar

That’s awesome! I hope the weekend goes well!

Frankie's avatar

That’s awesome! I hope the weekend goes well!

angela Hayden's avatar

In case you are interested 🤔🙋🏻‍♀️🤗

John A. Jaksich's avatar

Smart. Not everyone can has the facility to engineer such a system. It’s smart. I applaud you!

Jessica's avatar
7dEdited

Thanks! It took a minute, but I think it's a pretty good design!

Mark Whitson (M)'s avatar

Slick! With dew that is…

Jessica's avatar

Do the dew!

Documenting Our Decline's avatar

Last year I picked up three gazebo bags that someone had thrown out when moving. No fabric, just various diameters of poles and connectors. I wanted them to extend my well boring tool so I could dig deeper. This looks like a good use for the leftover poles.

Richard Restuccia's avatar

Glad to see you and others are tackling the current state of water. We need more voices like yours.

Andrew Staton's avatar

Cool design!

Alternative Lives R Available's avatar

One comment; don't drink that water, or use it for watering food crops. Trash sacs are made from recycled plastic and include toxic chemicals - that's why they smell bad. You need to use food grade plastic.

QQuest's avatar

Don’t you still “need a droid who understands the binary language of moisture vaporators.” … A C-3PO?

Just kidding! Thank you for sharing this. I will give it a try, perhaps at first as a scaled down prototype.

The garbage bag material is very thin nowadays. Maybe I can find something industrial strength.

What about bacterial contamination? Just use regular purification tablets, or is there no need?

Jessica's avatar

We use 40 gallon "contractor" bags from hardware stores. Pretty sturdy! Let me know what you decide to go with.

Giulia Sciortino | Mnemina's avatar

Amazing study! Eager to see it evolve

Sara Dawn's avatar

What do you do with the top, to keep debris and bugs and animals out?

TheGlassyView's avatar

I guess every little helps! Curious on net extraction/production over time but looks fascinating.