Freshwater from Geothermal in Kenya Africa

Came across this impressive use of human ingenuity to solve a common problem - lack of freshwater. In the village of Eburro Market in the Lake Naivasha region (Kenya, Africa), the local folks have figured out how to harness geothermal steam released up to through vents. In the adjoining photo you can see the apparatus. Basically, what they do is drive a corrugated pipe to approximately 10 feet down one of these steam vents. The steam rises up through the pipe and condenses in a 55 gallon drum on a 15% slant. Excess steam continues rising up and out the vent while the condensed water streams out the barrel into the upright catchment barrel. Low tech means of safely securing all the water they need.

As the children return from school, they fill up water containers at the family's "steam-trap water-converter" and hurry home.