Published in the International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1:2 2009, this experiment titled Dew and Rain Water Collection in South Croatia, researched and designed by Daniel Beysens, Imad Lekouch, Marina Mileta, Iryna Milimouk and Marc Muselli, demonstrates the potential of dew collection as a significant supplementary source of water in arid environments. They found that dew could additionally provide as much as 40% of the total rainfall in the studied environments (even surpassing the amount of rainfall in especially dry months).
While unclear if the dew can in fact be relatively safely ingested, the dew collected could easily be used to irrigate plants. Skipping the collection and storage process, a D.R.I.P.S. system would be a cheap, easily manufactured, effective way to take advantage of this significant, but often overlooked, renewable resource.
This write-up also made me realize that an additional advantage of D.R.I.P.S. is that it would maintain at least partial functionality even if it was damaged.
“Dew and Rain Water Collection in South Croatia”, by Daniel Beysens, Imad Lekouch, Marina Mileta, Iryna Milimouk and Marc Muselli; published in International Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering 1:2 2009
