Morocco, Africa
With some areas in the world having small areas of precipitation, having drinkable water presents a critical issue. In our corresponding project site, Morocco, it is common for women to go and fetch water for their families averaging around 3.5 hours of labor a day. Using fog to collect water provides significant benefits in a cheaper, easier, and less labor-intensive manner.
DAR SI HMAD MISSION
Redefining Humanitarian Engineering
Dhar Si Hmad, the main head behind the project, is from the village Taloust in the Ait Baamrane region, born in 1909. In the 1960s Si Hmad advocated for restitution for Atlas Sahara until his death in July 1982. Si Hmad’s heirs decide to continue the legacy and support/improve Morocco. On top of the fog water project, the Dar Si Hmad organization also puts great importance on education. With an award-winning Ethnographic field school, people can do fieldwork and research. Students can get a close-up and experience local culture, economy, and projects going on. They also have an exchange program that brings young women of color to join cultures between women of the states and the indigenous people of Morocco.
CloudFischer nets are 3D woven spacer fabrics made from a specialized mono-fiber. These fog nets harvest water in the air by condensing water droplets on their mesh-like surface. This pioneering technology has supplied people and communities in many countries and arid regions with affordable and clean drinking water. The water obtained in this cost-effective manner can also be utilized by farmers for reforestation projects or crop watering. It is also the world’s first production fog collector capable of withstanding wind speeds of up to 120 kph and is simple to install and maintain, requiring no energy input. The CloudFisher nets can supply up to hundreds of thousands of people with top-quality drinking water of up to 600 liters per day per net, and can be used in all coastal regions and arid mountainous regions which have long periods of foggy weather.