Sustainable Water Management – Agriculture Africa: WaterBoxx – Pieter Hoff

The waterboxx is a kind of a plastic bucket with a planting hole for a tree in the middle. The design of the lid causes water to condense during the night and drains the water in the bucket reservoir. Also occasional rainwater is collected by the lid and stored in the bucket. A peace of rope slowly releases the water from the bucket to the root system of the tree.

Ambitions are to use the water boxx to turn deserts into green oasis. In theory the waterboxx has the potential to solve the problem of CO2 emission.

The waterboxx was developed by Pieter Hoff. Distribution of the product is taken care of by Aqua Pro.

A tiny version of the giant water pyramid is the German Water Cone, (watch video) producing about 6 glasses of drinking water per day.

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