# Solar Still
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/solar-still/3670
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [October 27, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/solar-still/3670 "2013-10-27T04:45:18Z")
**Posts on this page:** 3
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### Author:  [@Miloch](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Miloch)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2013, 4:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/solar-still/3670/1 "2013-10-27T04:45:18Z")
Using a solar still would be a great way for you to gather water. Great survival technique.
> **[Solar still](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solar_still)**
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> A solar still distills water, using the heat of the Sun to evaporate, cool then collect the water. There are many types of solar still, including large scale concentrated solar stills, and condensation traps (better known as moisture traps amongst survivalists). In a solar still, impure water is contained outside the collector, where it is evaporated by sunlight shining through clear plastic or glass. The pure water vapor condenses on the cool inside surface and drips down, where it is collected ...
Step 1: Shallow Hole - Digging Stick, Shovel, etc…
Step 2: Solar Still
3 rocks
poncho or rain coat or plastic sheet
Step 3: Rubber Tube
Rubber tube just makes it easy to withdraw the water.
Please note, this should produce clean water.
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### Author:  [@infectedmochi](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/infectedmochi)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2013, 5:45am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/solar-still/3670/2 "2013-10-27T05:45:34Z")
Interesting idea, although the clean water part is debatable - since the water wasn’t boiled, bacteria still remain in the stilled water. This technique should only work on a sunny day and only as a supplement for other sources of water.
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### Author:  [@EkarusRyndren](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/EkarusRyndren)
#### Post date: [October 27, 2013, 6:13am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/solar-still/3670/3 "2013-10-27T06:13:50Z")
> [@infectedmochi](#):
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> Interesting idea, although the clean water part is debatable - since the water wasn’t boiled, bacteria still remain in the stilled water. This technique should only work on a sunny day and only as a supplement for other sources of water.
I think he’s referring to the sheets of transparent plastic that can be used to condense water from the air which to my knowledge may not be pure, but it’s clean enough to drink. Assuming of course your plastic and storage container are clean and the air isn’t “I need a filter mask at least once a week to safely breathe” polluted.