permaculture

[Lawrence London <lfljvenaura@gmail.com>]

On Mon, Apr 17, 2017 at 2:24 PM, T A Redding <trrredding@gmail.com> wrote:

> Long involved article is hard to understand, so although I lurk a lot I
> thought I would try to tell what I saw already invented simply long ago.
> Distilled water was collected using a rectangular 8 inch deep, one foot by
> three foot sink, it had a glass top and water collected on the underside of
> it and was captured in a glass container at the drain under the sink. The
> sink was black I think. It produced clean drinking water for homesteaders.
> It was very smart and simple. One gallon every few hours on really humid
> days if it is set out in the sun. Exchange glass jar continuously, wipe out
> sink  as needed so mold won't grow. That's all I remember but I saw it
> working over 3 days time.
>

I think the system described in the article would be less expensive when
scaled up for industrial production (at least I imagine that is what the
researchers had in mind), less expensive to operate and maintain quality
control. Keeping a solar condensation unit sanitary so the water was
potable without added purification would be an issue as I see it.

In addition I would like to say that dehumidifiers collect water, why not
> use it,air conditioners drip water constantly, I collect it and my pets
> love it for some reason, a lot more than they like tap water, so things
> have already been invented that have a side effect of producing Distilled
> water. Why not use a simple method if possible (it's humid as hell here in
> texas and we had a four year drought with months of 100 degree weather and
> every speck of water cointed.)
>

Air conditioning is very expensive to operate. Small electric fans close by
and plenty of living space airflow are better options
for many.


> This year with a long spring and plenty of
> rain the past 8 months or so we are all walking around dazed at the beauty
> of green. Trudie
>

That must be a real pleasure.
I thought you lived in Arkansas.

LL


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