By Kimberley Mok, Source: Treehugger

There are many places around the world where finding clean drinking water is a time-consuming and even dangerous daily task, with women and children walking for miles at a stretch to bring back what they can find — and often, it’s water that’s been contaminated by human and animal waste.

Inspired by a native Ethiopian fig tree symbolizing fertility and generosity, Italian design firm Architecture and Vision created the dew-collecting WarkaWater Towers to help locals gain access to clean and abundant water at minimal cost and impact to the environment.

Measuring almost 30 feet tall and weighing 88 pounds, these latticed structures are made out of juncus or bamboo stalks and outfitted on the interior with a plastic mesh textile that collects condensation from the air, funnelling it down into a small reservoir at the base of the tower.

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