From Tracey Runciman
David Riebold, whose project to harvest water from moisture-laden winds of Lanzarote is mentioned in Fred Pearce’s report, need not have looked as far as Chile for an example of this process (5 August, p 37).
On a visit in 2004 to the Cape Verde Islands, not far to the south of Lanzarote, we saw the same technique in use on the volcanic island of Fogo. Simple plastic-netting collectors were in use, but their widespread adoption seems to have been prevented by lack of funds, education and local project ownership.
Hamburg, Germany
