FogQuest Presentation in Spanish on Fog Collection for Rural Water Supplies

Fog for Rural Water Supply: Challenges, Global Developments and Perspectives in Colombia
Presented by: José Manuel Molina, FogQuest Resource Coordinator for Colombia and Northern South America

This 30 minute presentation (in Spanish) explores aspects of the planning and development of fog collection projects that use fog as an alternative source of water supply for communities in dry and climate-vulnerable regions1. A summary on selected experiences in Latin America is discussed including research results(2) from fog measurements using Standard Fog Collectors (SFC), fog water quality, role of community involvement, and technology implementation and transfer. In the final comments, the lecturer talks about future perspectives and potential applications of this technology in food security and public health interventions, as well as the social reintegration of people who have been displaced from their homes in Colombia.
1. Presented at Congreso Internacional de Estudios Ambientales, Sep/2016, Universidad ECCI, Bogotá, Colombia.
Video © 2021. ECCI. License CC BY 4.0

2. Links to some of the references in the talk:
(10:00) A Proposed Standard Fog Collector for Use in High-Elevation Regions
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(199...

(13:55) The Quality of Fog Water Collected for Domestic and Agricultural Use in Chile
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(199...

(14:45) Not just Beneficiaries: Fostering Participation and Local Management Capacity in the Tojquia Fog-Collection Project, Guatemala
http://www.fogquest.org/wp-content/up...

(23:55) Fog Collection Variability in the Andean Mountain Range of Southern Colombia
http://www.fogquest.org/wp-content/up...

(26:15) Operational Fog Collection and its Role in Environmental Education and Social Reintegration: A Case Study in Colombia
https://doi.org/10.13140/2.1.2151.0080

Additional information in Spanish on fog collection and FogQuest activities can be found on this website in the list of references where some publications are in Spanish and also in the FogQuest manual, which has some pages in Spanish.