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Fog harvesting could provide water for the driest cities

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Researchers in Chile studied the potential of fog harvesting in the desert city of Alto Hospicio .

Fog could provide drinking water to people in the city's slums with no access to water supply networks.

Fog water could be used for soil-free (hydroponic) agriculture in the Atacama Desert .

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semi-formal

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English

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50

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