{"id":91783,"date":"2023-01-29T09:14:00","date_gmt":"2023-01-29T04:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/?p=91783"},"modified":"2023-01-27T10:27:21","modified_gmt":"2023-01-27T05:27:21","slug":"fog-into-potable-water","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fog-into-potable-water.html","title":{"rendered":"Punjab Forest Dept to convert fog into potable water"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Lahore: The Punjab Forest Department is planning to launch a test project aimed at producing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/rainwater-well-in-sect-h-8-2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">potable water<\/a> from fog in arid, hilly and other weather-appropriate places, according to news published on January 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/govt-pkr-13-76-bn-forestry-wildlife-sector.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Govt proposes PKR 13.76 bn for forestry, wildlife sector<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While briefing the media, Forest Department Chief Conservator Saqib Mahmood revealed that several countries have been looking into this method called \u2018fog collector\u2019 for the past three decades to convert fog into potable water, and have had success in their projects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Read:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/punjab-university-launches-miyawaki-forest-project.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Punjab University launches Miyawaki forest project<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Mahmood revealed that these countries were using this technology not just for watering crops but also for receiving fresh water. This approach is being used by several governments on an experimental basis. The chief conservator revealed that initially some 100 trees will be planted and the department has finalised some parts of Rawalpindi for the installation of fog collectors. It was highlighted that this technology works best in locations where water volume in fog is considerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lahore: The Punjab Forest Department is planning to launch a test project aimed at producing potable water from fog in arid, hilly and other weather-appropriate places, according to news published on January 23. Read: Govt proposes PKR 13.76 bn for forestry, wildlife sector While briefing the media, Forest Department Chief Conservator Saqib Mahmood revealed that several countries have been looking into this method called \u2018fog collector\u2019 for the past three decades to convert fog into potable water, and have had success in their projects. Read: Punjab University launches Miyawaki forest project Mr Mahmood revealed that these countries were using this technology not just for watering crops but also for receiving fresh water. This approach is being used by several governments on an experimental basis. The chief conservator revealed that initially some 100 trees will be planted and the department has finalised some parts of Rawalpindi for the installation of fog collectors. It was highlighted that this technology works best in locations where water volume in fog is considerable.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":75,"featured_media":91784,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15016,15017],"tags":[56068,56067],"persona":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-91783","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-new-developments","8":"category-notices-announcements","9":"tag-fog-collector","10":"tag-punjab-forest-dept-to-convert-fog-into-potable-water","11":"cat-15016-id","12":"cat-15017-id"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Forest Dept to convert fog into potable water- Zameen News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Punjab Forest Department is planning to launch a test project aimed at producing potable water from fog in arid, hilly places\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fog-into-potable-water.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Forest Dept to convert fog into potable water- Zameen News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Punjab Forest Department is planning to launch a test project aimed at producing potable water from fog in arid, hilly places\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.zameen.com\/news\/fog-into-potable-water.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Pakistan Real Estate News &amp; 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