INGENIERIA |
Obtención de agua potable por métodos no tradicionales
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Fresh water is a scarce resource on a planetary basis. There are,
however, freshwater sources still to be tapped. In this paper we
review work that's being done to capture freshwater from dynamic fogs
or "camanchacas". We first present the conditions
that promote the formation of these fogs and the different studies
conducted since the early sixties to trap water. In the projects under
review we briefly present the work that was done by the Universidad
Católica del Norte (Antofagasta, Chile) and the more recent
work done by Pilar Cereceda and Robert Schemenauer in "El
Tofo". The paper ends with a brief analysis of the future
perspectives of this water source.