Re: [Paddlewise] Saltwater to Freshwater "Devices"

I have a couple of survival books.  I can't remember the names off hand but
I can dig them up if someone wants it.

For drinkable water on the beach SUPPOSEDLY, you can dig a hole behind the
first dune line.  Any water that rises in the hole is drinkable.

With a container, a cup, clear plastic and if you are really lucky a straw
you can build a solar still.  First dig a hole, put the cup in the hole
with the straw resting in the cup and place the plastic over the hole.  Try
to seal the plastic to keep in the heat and humidity.  The plastic should
droop over the cup so the water falls into the cup after evaporating.  The
purpose of the straw is so that you can drink the water as it fills the cup
without breaking the seal.

I've have never done this.  But this is not going to produce lots of water.
Its enough to keep one going a bit longer.  You can prime the still by
adding moisture to the still.  This supposedly works in the desert as well.
But there the only way you can boost  the still is with your body waste.
Yep, thats what the book said. 8-)

The desert stills work buy capturing the water left from dews overnight.

Hope this helps...
Dan McCarty


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