Are there any practical tests done to precipitate fog artificially with fog-seeding as a potential water source in arid and semi-arid areas?

Fog-water collection with Large Fog Collectors is a proven method of water harvesting system in arid and semi-arid coastal areas but is there any practical test being made to precipitate fog artificially with fog-seeding at a larger scale as a potential source of water?

Taxonomy

• Coastal
• Atmospheric Water Generation
• Hydrology Cycle

15 Answers

1. Le problème réside à la'pauvreté de la population de ces zones où la surélévation de l'eau salée pour refroidir le vapeur d'eau et lemmagaziner et produire de l'énergie est le moyen le moins coûteux 

2. Hello Mussie, Merv Byron in Alberta has developped a technology to precipitate clouds: http://www.innovationsinagriculture.com/Speaker?id=59 https://www.linkedin.com/pub/merv-byron/23/462/8b0 Best regards, Laurent H. Selles

3. Yes
   
   

   Yes, Practical studies have been done int the earstwhile Andhra Pradesh state (Combined state of AP). you can contact Professor Venkateshwar rao of JNTU, Hyderabad. visit JNTU Hyderabad website, Institute of water management studies

    

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6. Look at references here http://barixa.net/AirHES_feasibility.pdf

7. FogQuest and AirHES
   
   

   Yes, the great work was made by FogQuest group and MIT. However there is more global solution - AirHES (or Cloud Power) as a new huge source of renewable energy and fresh water worldwide. Look at this PDF for references: http://barixa.net/Mesh_airhes_en.pdf

8. Harvesting Fresh Water from Fog in Chile - some examples
   
   

   Hello, I hope you are well.

   Try these examples from Chile. Kind Regards
   Ralph Eichenberger

   https://www.oas.org/dsd/publications/Unit/oea59e/ch12.htm

   http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2013-09/02/fog-harvesting

   https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h8vlzZ25vtg

9. No idea at present.

10. And also: http://www.fao.org/docrep/t0321e/t0321e-11.htm

11. Have a look for ideas at: http://www.humanpub.org/IJS/ppl/IJS1PPL.pdf

12. in rural Kenya this is being spearheaded by one of the water expert in the country Prof Bancy Mati. this was started in 2013. view the links below for more information http://www.voanews.com/content/fog-collector-transforming-maasai-water-harvesting-in-kenya/1959688.html a publication on her work Mati, B. M. (2013). Participatory assessment and promoting fog harvesting for drinking water in the Ngong Hills, Kenya. A Training Manual; WARREC-JKUAT, POWER, KMD and Ped-World. JKUAT.

13. There has been a pilot project in the USA, I am not sure at this point how far it has progressed.

14. None

15. Mussie, I'm not entirely sure to be honest. Does anyone else have any input on this? I think it would be a fantastic speaking opportunity at The Flood Expo though...