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TheNocturnalEgyptian
19th September 2011, 11:01 AM
http://www.watercone.com/150/salt150.jpg

1. Pour salty / brackish water into pan. Then float the Watercone on top. The black pan absorbs the sunlight and heats up the water to support evaporation


http://www.envirogadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/water-cone-evaporation-300x229.jpg
http://www.envirogadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/water-cone-diagram.gif

2. The evaporated water condensates in the form of droplets on the inner wall of the cone. These droplets trickle down the inner wall into a circular trough at the inner base of the cone.

http://www.envirogadget.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/01/water-cone-draining-300x225.jpg

3. By unscrewing the cap at the tip of the cone and turning the cone upside down, one can empty the potable water gathered in the trough directly into a drinking device.



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The Water Cone can hold up to 1.7 litres of dirty water at a time, and it only takes a few hours for the water to be condensed. It costs around $30, and this is before mass production has begun, so it's cheap enough for the entire world to use.

chad
19th September 2011, 11:08 AM
do you have a link to this? for $30, i want to buy one instead of mucking around with saran wrap.

Dogman
19th September 2011, 11:10 AM
Same as distilling but using less heat, and sun light is free. Tho, just to be safe I would still maybe use a drop of clorox , just on general principles.

Dogman
19th September 2011, 11:11 AM
do you have a link to this? for $30, i want to buy one instead of mucking around with saran wrap.
http://www.thewatercone.com/Index.html

TheNocturnalEgyptian
19th September 2011, 11:11 AM
Source is: http://www.thewatercone.com/Index.html

You just want one?

Just imagine a field of these babies....Harvest logistics would be your biggest problem, and that's a problem you *want* to have.

chad
19th September 2011, 11:13 AM
sweet. buying 2 of them.

undgrd
19th September 2011, 11:29 AM
Might want to buy more.

One liter a day is only 1/3 of what you supposedly need to live.

Dogman
19th September 2011, 11:35 AM
Might want to buy more.

One liter a day is only 1/3 of what you supposedly need to live. Think the studies now show it depends on the individual and environment. On what amount of drinking, cooking water is needed.

The old 8 glasses of water a day has been dis-proven, except for people working in the heat.

beefsteak
19th September 2011, 11:38 AM
Solid,
Is this the unit you were using on your boat and your boat slip neighbors thought you might be growing grass?


beefsteak

palani
19th September 2011, 11:39 AM
Distilled water is aggressive water. It wants to put minerals into solution wherever it finds them. Rainfall can erode mountains and distilled water can easily erode you too.

Throw an oz of .999 fine silver into the water bottle and get your colloidal silver with your drinking water.

Dogman
19th September 2011, 11:41 AM
Solid,
Is this the unit you were using on your boat and your boat slip neighbors thought you might be growing grass?


beefsteak

His looked like a mini-green house! And probably could be used as a seed starter house!

Must be a great neighborhood and neighbors!

1091

TheNocturnalEgyptian
19th September 2011, 04:43 PM
Distilled water is aggressive water. It wants to put minerals into solution wherever it finds them. Rainfall can erode mountains and distilled water can easily erode you too.

Throw an oz of .999 fine silver into the water bottle and get your colloidal silver with your drinking water.


I am also a fan of drinking water with the mountain pre-dissolved in it. I once drank directly from an alyeska glacier, it was summer and jettisoning its own water.

palani
19th September 2011, 04:47 PM
I am also a fan of drinking water with the mountain pre-dissolved in it. I once drank directly from an alyeska glacier, it was summer and jettisoning its own water.

If ever in the neighborhood of Ballston, NY be sure and try the mineral waters there. Very sparkling and guaranteed not to leech minerals from you.

TheNocturnalEgyptian
19th September 2011, 05:11 PM
Life Raft Version

Survival





http://www.myboatsgear.com/images/products/prod_1645_enlarged.jpg

MAGNES
19th September 2011, 08:35 PM
There are some serious survivalist methods to get water, even in desert.

You can find many methods in military survivalist books.

Same as above, you don't need a manufactured product,
alls you need is a tool to dig and clear plastic sheet and a cup or
something to put under cone you make with plastic, with
small rock pulling it down being held by sides, water will
come out of the ground, or you use dirty water, or worse case
scenario is to pee in hole as well, water evaporates to
plastic sheet cone and drips in cup.

There is also ways to get water from condensation from air, using clean
thin cloth, squeezing it out for moisture. There are other methods
too, in some places condensation is pretty substantial. This is for
survival situation.