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TVO documentary
This 1996 documentary show the fog collection process and an installation project in Ecuador.…
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FogQuest Plans and Operations Moving Forward
FogQuest has been in operation as a small, all-volunteer, charity since the year 2000. After 23 years of initiating and carrying out fog collection field projec…
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9th International Conference of Fog, Fog Collection, and Dew
Fort Collins, Colorado, USA, 23 – 28 July, 2023 Details about the conference are linked here. The conference series, is now conducted under the auspices of the …
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New FogQuest Library Available on Our Website
The new FogQuest Library section is now available on our website. This is a unique contribution to accessing a wide range of papers and documents that have been…
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Requests from Students for Project Assistance
This time of the year we are pleased to see a great number of projects on fog collection being undertaken by university and high school students throughout the …
Read more → DEC 28 2020
New video update from Guatemala
Here’s a new video showing our project work in Tojquia, Guatemala.…
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New Tojquia project completed
The project mentioned in our last newsletter – the construction of a double panel large fog collector and the renovation of an adjacent greenhouse in Tojq…
Read more → DEC 12 2018
Project expansion complete in Tojquia
Here’s a gallery of the new and completed fog collectors recently installed as a project expansion in Tojquia, Guatemala. Thanks to Nicolas Za…
Read more → OCT 10 2018
Tojquia project expansion underway!
FogQuest volunteers Tony Makepeace and Nicolas Zanetta recently oversaw the construction of the first two of five large fog collectors in the rural settlement o…
Read more → AUG 29 2018
Tojquia project expansion – Nico Zanetta meets with representative of the Rotary Club Guatemala
Between 27 and 30 August, Nicolás Zanetta Colombo, Village Project implementer of FogQuest, is visiting Guatemala with the aim of refining the details of a new …
Read more → APR 23 2018
New Source for Mesh and Standard Fog Collectors – April 2018
FogQuest receives a constant flow of requests for mesh and for complete fog collectors. We assist individuals and other groups that are starting evaluations of …
Read more → APR 23 2018
8th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew 14 through 19 July, 2019, in Taipei, Taiwan
A new notice has come out regarding the 8th conference in the series that began in Vancouver, Canada in 1998. Information will be added to our conference page a…
Read more → APR 23 2018
Support from the Cloud Appreciation Society – April 2018
We are very pleased to have ongoing support from The Cloud Appreciation Society in Britain, which will be spread out o…
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FogQuest Field Project for 2018 – Tojquia, Guatemala
We keep in regular contact with the people in the village of Tojquia, in the Western Highlands of Guatemala, where we have worked since 200…
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New Projects in Nepal
The Nepal Agricultural Cooperative Central Federation Ltd. (NACCFL) is currently working in collaboration with the Chainpur Small Farmers Agricultural Cooperati…
Read more → MAR 19 2018
Website Updates
We ask your patience as FogQuest moves to a new content management system platform for our website. This work is being done by volunteers and is almost complete…
Read more → MAY 10 2017
Donation from Hangar 1 Vodka and Proximo Spirits – May 2017
A part of our mandate as a charity is to help people, organizations, …
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Revised and updated FogQuest field guide available soon!
After several years of development the revised and updated 2017 FogQuest Fogwater Collection Manual will be available soon as an e-book, printed book or…
Read more → MAY 10 2017
FogQuest Project in Tojquia Guatemala – Update May 2017
This project has been ongoing successfully since 2006. There are 35 large fog collectors (LFCs) that FogQuest and the villagers of Tojquia have built in …
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New projects May 2017 – Nepal
FogQuest is providing technical and material assistance to a team from Engineers Without Borders (student chapter, University of Colorado) who will set u…
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Successful Nicaragua and Guatemala trip
FogQuest volunteer Nicolas Zanetta, recently returned from Nicaragua and Guatemala where he installed SFC’s in both countries. Here are some images from …
Read more → JAN 19 2017
January 2017 News summary
Below are a few news items that we’ve sent out on our newsletter and posted on our Facebook page over the past few months. 7th International Conference on…
Read more → MAR 25 2016
Guatemala – Nicaragua : Can you help?
Note – this post was updated on December 05, 2016 Nicolas Zanetta, from Chile, will be travelling to Nicaragua and Guatemala in the middle of Decem…
Read more → JAN 26 2016
Update on Nepal project
The Silauti SFC project has run for six months. The past three months have been very dry but cold weather and have reduced the overall yield to approximately 4.…
Read more → JAN 26 2016
Fog conference in Wroclaw, Poland, July 2016
The deadline date for submitting abstracts to the 7th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection, and Dew has been moved to the end of January. For more in…
Read more → JAN 26 2016
Revised & updated operations manual – coming soon!
We are currently finishing the revised and updated operations manual for 2016 – it will be available for sale on our web site in the next few weeks. The m…
Read more → JAN 26 2016
Latest News from Guatemala
We are very fortunate to have a new and vigorous young volunteer from Chile. Nicolás Zanetta Colombo, is a geographer from the Centro del Desierto de Aatacama o…
Read more → JUL 8 2015
New Data Logger being tested
In order to determine how much water has been collected by a Standard Fog Collector, or indeed any fog collecto…
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Pilot project in Nepal continues
In May of this year FogQuest volunteer Byron Bignell returned to update a pilot project (2013) in the Ilam district of eastern Nepal. This was just after a seri…
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Tanzania pilot project
Wesley Dowling, from Wyoming in the USA, is working on a new project on the slopes of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. Wes did a training course with FogQu…
Read more → JUL 8 2015
New Volunteer Staff
FogQuest work is carried out by volunteers, with no salaries. A number of people contribute many hours of their time and often contribute significantly financia…
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Drought in California
American readers of this site will be very aware of the lack of water at present for both the urban areas and for agriculture in California. As a result of this…
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7th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew
7th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew To be held 24 to 29 July 2016 Wroclaw, Poland The organizing committee of the “7th Internation…
Read more → MAR 25 2015
News Story on FogQuest – March 2015
This is a news story put together by CFJC TV in Kamloops (British Columbia, Canada) on our continuing fog collection projects in Nepal. It features brief int…
Read more → NOV 5 2014
Latest News Update October 2014
October 2014 – Fog Water for Coastal California : Evaluation at Tilden East Bay Regional Park, San Francisco It is evident to those who live in California that …
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Latest News – September 2014
September 2014 – FogQuest at the Genoa Science Festival in November FogQuest will provide a model of a large fog collector for display at the Genoa Science Fest…
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June 2014: Where there is a will, there is a way – Tojquia Update
How have the 35 Large Fog Collectors (LFCs) held up in Tojquia after another dry season? This is the question I recently sought to answer. Though we at FogQuest…
Read more → MAY 21 2014
May 2014 – FogQuest to be Featured at Expo 2015 Milan
FogQuest’s innovative technique for producing clean water from fog has been presented at past world Expositions. It will be highlighted again in Milan, Italy at…
Read more → APR 30 2014
May 2014 – Pilot project in Nepal continues
In May 2014 we’ll be returning to the Ilam district and to Panchthar to retrieve the data collected over the past six months. We’ll also be updating…
Read more → MAR 29 2014
Latest News
March 2014 – Donations As a charity, we are very dependant on donations from our private and corporate supporters. We would like to thank all those who co…
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February 2014 – Credit Card Service
We are a small not-for-profit organization operating on an all-volunteer basis. As such, we need to be ever mindful of both the financial and human costs in car…
Read more → MAR 29 2014
January 2014 – Project in Tanzania
The fog collection projects in the central interior of Tanzania are progressing well under the direction of the German NGO ped-world, with whom FogQuest is coop…
Read more → SEP 2 2013
Latest News – September 2013
September 2013 – New Project in Chiquisis, Guatemala In March of this year FogQuest began the evaluation stage of a new fog collection project in Guatemal…
Read more → DEC 20 2012
December 2012 – Thanks for your support!
During this season of giving, FogQuest is very appreciative of donations we receive to help with our water projects. Our sincere thanks to all the individuals i…
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Colombia – October 2012
Evaluation Project Update Together with our NGO partner in Colombia, Fundación Occidente Colombiano (FUNCO), FogQuest continues to develop an operational projec…
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Evaluation Project Update – Mount Kilimanjaro – October 2012
As reported in August 2011, there are now Standard Fog Collectors (SFCs) installed on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This was a joint effort led by our partner …
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New Project – Tanzania – Fall 2012
Over the last year construction of Large Fog Collectors has proceeded in central Tanzania near Mbulu. The FogQuest fog collection technology is being used by a …
Read more → OCT 16 2012
Latest News – October 2012
New Evaluation Project in Peru Professor Ben Spencer from the University of Washington (Architecture/Landscape Architecture) and Professor Susan Bolton (Enviro…
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FogQuest part of Eco Future Exhibit
Museum exhibit will run until Sept. 2013 Aimed at families, Eco Future is a new museum exhibit that opened at the end of September 2012 in Abu Dhabi at Manarat …
Read more → MAR 31 2012
New project – Colombia
New Project – Colombia – March 2012 Work, led by FogQuest volunteer Jose Manuel Molina, is progressing on a new operational project in Colombia. Jos…
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New Evaluation Project in India – September 2011
New Evaluation Project in India – September 2011 FogQuest is assisting an Indian NGO called SOCIOserve to begin a fog collection evaluation in the mountai…
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London Science Museum – September 2011
London Science Museum – September 2011 The Science Museum in London, England, has a new exhibit entitled Water Wars: fight the food crisis. It has some in…
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Latest News from FogQuest
We are now starting to produce a regular e-newsletter. Please sign up to receive our latest news regarding new & existing projects. Your e mail address will…
Read more → JAN 1 2012
New Evaluation Project on Mt. Kilimanjaro – August 2011
New Evaluation Project on Mt. Kilimanjaro – August 2011 There are now Standard Fog Collectors installed on Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. This was a joint…
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Update on Project in Morocco – June-August 2011
Update on Project in Morocco – June-August 2011 In June, Fernanda Rojas from Chile, a FogQuest volunteer for many years, was in Morocco to work with Jamil…
Read more → MAR 1 2011
Tojquia, Guatemala, Fog Collection Project – March 2011
Tojquia, Guatemala, Fog Collection Project – March 2011 Melissa Rosato has just spoken to the people in the village and the news is excellent. The Large Fog Col…
Read more → FEB 7 2011
New Books – February 2011
New Books – February 2011 There are several books that have come out recently that will be of interest to visitors to our site. One is on Tropical Montane…
Read more → JAN 13 2011
Fog Collection Project in Morocco – January 2011
Fog Collection Project in Morocco – January 2011 FogQuest is discussing the schedule for the construction of 15 Large Fog Collectors (LFCs) with the leader of t…
Read more → NOV 10 2010
New Fog Collection Site Initiated in Chile, November 2010
New Fog Collection Site Initiated in Chile, November 2010 The village of Peña Blanca, about 400 km north of Santiago, is located in a region that has extensive …
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New Overview Paper on Fog Collection, November 2010
New Overview Paper on Fog Collection, November 2010 Otto Klemm, the Chair of the 5th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew that was held in Mu…
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Tanzania, New Project – November 2010
Tanzania, New Project – November 2010 A new project to evaluate the fog collection potential in the central highlands of Tanzania, south of Arusha, is underway.…
Read more → OCT 25 2010
Nepal visit – October 2010
Nepal visit – October 2010 Tony Makepeace, a long-serving director of FogQuest, was in Nepal in October to visit the Pathivara (Temple) site near Ilam in the ea…
Read more → AUG 20 2010
Tojquia, Guatemala, Fog Collection Project, August 2010
Tojquia, Guatemala, Fog Collection Project, August 2010 FogQuest volunteers Melissa Rosato (Canada) and Fernanda Rojas (Chile) were back in Tojquia in August to…
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Conference July 2010
Conference July 2010 The 5th International Conference on Fog, Fog Collection and Dew was held in Muenster, Germany in late July. More information can be found h…
Read more → MAY 12 2010
Publication May 2010
Publication May 2010 An 1800-word invited contribution was written for the newsletter of the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance http://www.irha-h2o.org…
Read more → MAR 13 2010
Guatemala – Expanded Project March 2010
Guatemala – Expanded Project March 2010 Two wonderful FogQuest volunteers, Melissa Rosato from Canada, and Fernanda Rojas from Chile, were in Tojquia from 11 to…
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Ethiopia – New Project January 2010
Ethiopia – New Project January 2010 Volunteers for the new fog collection project in Ethiopia arrived on 11 January and will stay for three months. Please…
Read more → SEP 30 2009
Tech Museum Permanent Gallery September 2009
Tech Museum Permanent Gallery September 2009 The Tech Museum in San Jose, California, opened a new permanent gallery called “Technology benefiting humanit…
Read more → AUG 21 2009
New Book Contribution – August 2009
New Book Contribution – August 2009 A new book contribution by Robert S. Schemenauer was published this month in a sophmore university text, by Thomas V. …
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New Fog Collection Project in Peru – July 2009
New Fog Collection Project in Peru – July 2009 The National Geographic Society in the USA has sponsored the construction of fog collectors for a community near …
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