Fog harvesting as an alternative source of water

Šimon Klimuškin

Bachelor's thesis

Abstract:

The topic of the depleting water resources is highly serious. Scientists are agreed on a raising value of freshwater resources and they are estimating that the lack of water might cause a conflict in the future if amount of fresh water drops under a critical minimum in certain regions. The present Bachelor Thesis provides a general insight into depleting water resources and into increasing water demand with a future possible scenario to year the 2050. With use of two water scarcity indexes, water scarcity index (WSI) and country vulnerability index of water resources (CVIWR), the most vulnerable regions have been determined based on water resources information and socio-economic factors. In accordance with this evaluation, countries of Middle East and North Africa (MENA) have been determined as the most water vulnerable. Basic information about water resources, precipitation and drought situation are presented in the beginning of the Thesis. Subsequently, information about water collecting technology, technical aspects description, possible use, collection efficiency, different types of collecting materials, present and future possible potential of fog collectors to water management are provided as well. In the end of the Thesis, projects that were implemented in water vulnerable region of MENA countries and also in different other places are discussed. Impact of implemented collection system on lives of local people in terms of health, livelihood, economic situation and saved time is also presented. Part of the evaluation is also focused on primary use of collected water and comparison of the benefits for two main sectors, namely the use of water for personal/domestic use and for agricultural purposes.The Bachelor Thesis was written as a literature review and all information contained are obtained from scientific articles or publications from scientific databases like EBSCO, ScienceDirect, Web of Knowledge and Springerlink with usage of key words.Key words: fog harvesting, fog collection, fog collectors, fog, water scarcity

Keywords

fog collectors, water scarcity, fog, fog harvesting, Fog collection

Jazyk práce: English

Datum vytvoření / odevzdání či podání práce: 20. 4. 2018

Obhajoba závěrečné práce

• Vedúci: Ing. Tatiana Ivanova, Ph.D.

Czech University of Life Sciences Prague

Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences

Bachelor programme / odbor:
Tropical Agriculture / Sustainable Development in the Tropics and Subtropics