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		PaulHoule 7 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Effectiveness of trees in reducing temperature, ou... "Water harvesting" has been around for a long time. I think I first saw a water harvesting device in the U.S. Army Survival manual in the 1980s. It's an active research area and devices continue to improve.

gsf_emergency_2 7 months ago [–]

Passive? Hydrophobic+Dessicant? dew collector? In the desert?

Dew collector seems to make the most sense for 1980

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