Environment

'Fog Catchers' to Provide Peruvians with Fresh Water

Residents of Peru’s arid landscape to the south of Lima might soon receive as much as 100,000 gallons of fresh water per day, thanks to a new network of “fog catchers.”

The devices will pick up condensation droplets from the prevailing fog that covers the Peruvian capital, especially during the winter months, and pipe it into reservoirs for people to use at home and to irrigate crops.

The privately funded project is focusing on the needs of the Villa Maria del Triunfo district in southern Lima.

“One hundred to 200 fog catchers will be placed in this community,” the president of Peruvians Without Water, Abel Cruz, told the news agency EFE.

“The final goal is to have 1,000 functioning with their reservoirs and tanks, which will allow us to be able to capture between 53,000 and 106,000 gallons of water per day.”