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== Introduction == | == Introduction == | ||
lean drinking water is a basic human need. Many people, especially in developing countries, do not have access to clean drinking water. Water that is dirty or salty is undrinkable, and untreated water that looks clean is likely to have bacteria and organisms that cause sickness and disease. A solar still is a device that produces clean, drinkable water from dirty water using the energy from the sun. This inexpensive device can easily be built using local materials. | |||
This article focuses on the single sloped basin type of solar still. There are vast amounts of research on this type of solar still and so the purpose of this article is to provide an accessible, open source literature review with a summary of the research, without overlapping too much with the informative Appropedia article [[Understanding Solar Stills]]. Additionally, this article reviews the idea of using the input water to cool the glass cover as a way to increase the productivity of the still. | This article focuses on the single sloped basin type of solar still. There are vast amounts of research on this type of solar still and so the purpose of this article is to provide an accessible, open source literature review with a summary of the research, without overlapping too much with the informative Appropedia article [[Understanding Solar Stills]]. Additionally, this article reviews the idea of using the input water to cool the glass cover as a way to increase the productivity of the still. |