How To Extract Water From Thin Air...

[jackovesk]

March 9, 2013

Imagine if one day the power goes out on a nationwide scale, the water stops running and becomes scarce. How will you survive? Start thinking about collecting water from the atmosphere, there is over three quadrillions of it floating around the atmosphere right now. And if you made the mistake of not storing water, this might be your only hope. Here are a few Atmospheric Water Collecting tips!

Tree Transpiration Technique:

In the morning, dew and humidity is abundant, tie a bag around a leafy green tree, bush or shrub branch, use a twist tie or rubber band to wrap around the open end of the bag like so:



In a few hours you should see water collecting at the bottom of the bag, just untie from the branch and drink! It’s important to use a leafy green tree or branch that is non-poisonous, the water will taste like whatever plant you choose. It isn’t much but is better than nothing.

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=FyYl8_lCmLs

Dew Container + Grass Technique:

The EASIEST way to collect water from air is just place a plastic bowl over grass in the sun, moisture will collect on the inside, when ready, lift the plastic bowl and swish the water condensation around and there you have it, free water!

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=ghkW597wjrM

Below-ground Still Technique:

Another water collection technique is the below-ground Still Technique, to do this you would need a thin plastic bag, a digging tool, a water container, a drinking tube (optional) and a rock.

Find a moist area that gets a fair amount of sunlight, it’s best to use these water collection techniques in the morning when dew and humidity is abundant (if you live in a dry humid area is a plus).

1) Dig a hole in the soil about three feet across and two feet deep, make sure the top soil is green with grass and somewhat moist and soft soil, the bottom of the hole should be flat for your container.

2) Place the container in the hole.

3) Now place the plastic over the hole.

4) Cover the sides of the plastic with large rocks to keep it secure so when you place the weight on top of the plastic that it won’t collapse.

5) Now place the rock or weight in the middle just over the container, let it hang about 15-18 inches directly over the container.

It should look something like this:



The moisture from the ground reacts from the heat of the sun to produce condensation on the inside of the plastic, you can also add green leafy vegetation inside the hole for more moisture content (basically any organic material that has moisture). To collect the water, just remove the rock and grab the container. This technique can produce up to one quart of water per day.

(There are other ways to use this same technique)

If you use this belowground tehnique you should filter out any sediment that may end up in the container:

How to Make A Filter:

1) Find a plastic bag (preferably with handles)

2) place charcoal at the bottom, next sand, next pebbles, another layer of sand and more rocks.

3) tie the handles of the plastic bag to a tree branch or a hook to elevate the bag (like shown in picture).

4) pour the water in the bag.

5) poke a small hole at the bottom of the bag.

6) place a water container or jar at the bottom to catch the clean water.

This only removes large sediment and the charcoal improves the taste, note: this DOES NOT FULLY PURIFY WATER.



Also, you can purchase a “almond milk bag” or a “mesh screen bag” on Amazon to make this process even easier, or just use a shirt or cloth to remove the large particles.

If you use this belowground tehnique you should boil the water for 10 minutes at a steady boil before drinking, or use iodine tablets to be safe.

Also you can purchase a “LifeStraw” its basically a filter that is a shape of a straw so you can drink unpureified water straight from the device. It gets rid of 100 percent waterborne bacteria and 98.7 percent of viruses and particles. Five million people per year die from waterborne illness, mostly children and people that have compromised immune systems.

It’s not safe to drink unpurified water from the below-ground technique, you can catch Cryptosporidium or other viruses even parasites if you don’t purify the water. You should

1) get a reliable water filter like the lifeStraw.
or
2) Boil the water for 10 minutes at a steady boil.
or
3) Use iodine tablets.

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PS - Hope this helps, should the need arise...

[sheme]

Vital to regulate your body fluids, remember SALT. with out water we die! without salt we die!

[sirdipswitch]

How long do you have to boil water to make it safe to drink?
Found this interesting. 175 degrees kills all bugs harmfull to man.
So by the time the water boils, at 212 degrees, it's way past the kill point. = safe

[ThePythonicCow]

Posted by sirdipswitch (here)
How long do you have to boil water to make it safe to drink?
Found this interesting. 175 degrees kills all bugs harmfull to man.
So by the time the water boils, at 212 degrees, it's way past the kill point. = safe

I doubt that.

From Sterilization (microbiology; Wikipedia)

A widely-used method for heat sterilization is the autoclave, sometimes called a converter. Autoclaves commonly use steam heated to 121–134 °C (250–273 °F). To achieve sterility, a holding time of at least 15 minutes at 121 °C (250 °F) or 3 minutes at 134 °C (273 °F) is required.

From At what temperature does water sterilize utensils? (Answers.com)

A temperature of 175 degrees F (80 degrees C) for 5-10 min, for example, will destroy all active bacteria, yeast, and fungi. Cells in their dormant phase (spores) are more resistant to heat, and temperatures above 240 degrees F (116 degrees C) must be used to inactivate them.

[Deega]

Thanks Jackovesk, very interesting Tread, and who knows, it may served if we the people are caught up in economic failure or calamities coming from the Universe, it will surely be of great service to everyone of us.

[sirdipswitch]

Posted by Paul (here)

Posted by sirdipswitch (here)
How long do you have to boil water to make it safe to drink?
Found this interesting. 175 degrees kills all bugs harmfull to man.
So by the time the water boils, at 212 degrees, it's way past the kill point. = safe

I doubt that.

From Sterilization (microbiology; Wikipedia)

A widely-used method for heat sterilization is the autoclave, sometimes called a converter. Autoclaves commonly use steam heated to 121–134 °C (250–273 °F). To achieve sterility, a holding time of at least 15 minutes at 121 °C (250 °F) or 3 minutes at 134 °C (273 °F) is required.

From At what temperature does water sterilize utensils? (Answers.com)

A temperature of 175 degrees F (80 degrees C) for 5-10 min, for example, will destroy all active bacteria, yeast, and fungi. Cells in their dormant phase (spores) are more resistant to heat, and temperatures above 240 degrees F (116 degrees C) must be used to inactivate them.

Thank You Paul!!!

I knew that if I put that up, someone would fork over the correct info! chuckle chuckle.

[RMorgan]

Hey folks,

There are some pretty good and affordable technologies that make drinking water from humidity in the air, using similar principles. They make good water with no fluoride.

Some examples:

http://www.islandsky.com/

http://www.planetswater.com/

http://www.watair.com/

Raf

[778 neighbour of some guy]

Posted by RMorgan (here)
Hey folks,

There are some pretty good and affordable technologies that make drinking water from humidity in the air, using similar principles. They make good water with no fluoride.

Some examples:

http://www.islandsky.com/

http://www.planetswater.com/


http://www.watair.com/

Raf

Please let someone reinvent this machine to be a monocristaline, no maintenance, photovoltaic stand alone unit, i'll be the first to buy one( provided it costs about 500 bucks incluiding shipping), with a machine like that I would be well on my way to stay alive no matter what happens.

Grow my plants, veggies, drink, flush, shower, great!!

[nomadguy]

There is one place in Chile where this is being done to supply a small towns water system.
In Caleta Chungungo, Chile

http://airandspace.si.edu/ceps/drylands/camanchaca.html

[Shannow]

Posted by RMorgan (here)
Hey folks,

There are some pretty good and affordable technologies that make drinking water from humidity in the air, using similar principles. They make good water with no fluoride.

Some examples:

http://www.islandsky.com/

http://www.planetswater.com/

http://www.watair.com/

Raf

I've got an evirosource Pure Air water machine that sits and looks at me every day over my left shoulder.

It cost too much to throw it out, and it's worthless second hand.

It costs too much to run and change the filters.

It made beautiful drinking water at the time, but then I got the electricity bill, and had to buy new filters..

Now it holds things up off the floor. A table would have been a good idea instead.

[Shannow]

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