How to Build a Solar Still and Save Your Life

©2019 C. Henry Martens


How long can a human being function without water? In cool weather, perhaps three days, in hot, as little as one day. And death follows similarly. Cool weather, about five days and in hot, about two days.
So when the faucet goes dry, what do you do?
If you have a high-tech purification option in your back pocket, like desalination or reverse osmosis, then fine... but usually these methods are not easily portable and are usually limited by geography.
If you are in dire straits, a place with no potable water, a simple low-tech water purifier can be a life saver...

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