A pioneering fog-harvesting project in southwestern Morocco collects moisture from mountain fog and supplies water to nearby households through gravity-fed systems.

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• Mount Boutmezguida in Morocco’s Anti-Atlas Mountains uses fog-harvesting technology to collect tiny water droplets from Atlantic fog for local communities.
• The mountain stands above 4,000 feet near the Sahara Desert, where regular Atlantic fog provides an important source of atmospheric moisture.
• The project uses black polymer mesh nets designed to capture water droplets from fog and direct collected water into storage systems.
• CloudFisher technology uses three-dimensional food-safe nets developed to withstand mountain winds reaching speeds of up to 120 km/h.
• Dar Si Hmad, a women-led Moroccan nonprofit organisation, manages the project and has worked on fog collection since 2006.
• The collected water reaches nearby households through gravity-fed pipelines, reducing the need for electricity-powered pumping systems.
• Fog harvesting is also known as mist or cloud water collection and is particularly useful in arid and semi-arid regions.
• The project demonstrates how atmospheric moisture can provide an alternative water source for communities facing water scarcity in dry regions.