How to Make Water in the Desert

It is very easy to get dehydrated in the desert. If you are stuck or stranded in the desert, you can use the sun to generate a sufficient amount of water for yourself. This method helps to collect water from soil in any climate if given enough sunlight and existent soil moisture. This construction provides water not by some magic or supernatural power, but it has a scietific reason behind it. The two processes: evaporation and condensation, both play a big and major role in this.
In order to begin, you need to dig a curved hole about two feet deep so that the moist subsoil is clearly visible. The more moist soil you explore, the better. It is very important that the hole is dug in the place where there is enough direct sunlight. Next, place an open coffee can, mug, cup, or glass (anything that has an open mouth at the top) in the center of the hole. If you have a length of plastic tubing, you can run it from the bottom of the coffee can out the edge of the hole. This tubing will be used as a straw later.
Then, lay a taut piece of clear plastic wrap across the top of the hole. To create a seal, pour the sand in a circle around the hole along the outside of the plastic wrap about an inch or two from the edge of the plastic. Make sure that the plastic wrap seals the hole shut; if it is punctured the water will not condense. Ensure that the tubing runs underneath the plastic, and that there are no gaps that are not sealed by the sand. Place a small to medium sized rock in the center of the plastic wrap so that the plastic wrap dips to a point above the center of the can, but it shouldn’t touch the can otherwise the entire process will not work. The lowest spot in the platic must be just above the can where the wrap comes to a point.
Now, the easiest and the most important step comes. What one has to do is sit back and wait for the sun to evaporate water out of the moist soil. Evaporation is a state of change from liquid to gas or vapor, which occurs only with the presence of heat. The water will condense on the plastic wrap because it cannot escape the hole. Condensation is the change in matter of a substance to a denser phase, such as a gas (or vapor) to a liquid. It usually occurs when a vapor is cooled.
Then slowly, the water will drip into the can. That is why it is important to keep the plastic wrap from touching the can or else the water will not drip into the can. Given the right soil moisture, this technique can generate an abundance of water! You can use the tubing to suck the water from the can without dismantling the construction. So, you can have a drink while your contraption continues to work.
Once the sun dries the subsoil in that hole, start the process all over again by digging another hole. If you have more than one plastic wrap and cup, then it can be used to construct another one simultaneously and it will not waste a lot of time. This technique is very healthy to purify the water because after evaporation the water becomes free from contaminants, germs, and dirt. One of the tips to increase the concentration of water is by urinating in the hole; this provides extra moisture and it will produce more water because it contains ammonia, which evaporates more readily than water. The urine will also be purified and be clean drinking water once it reaches the can. This process is very convenient when one doesn’t have any other choice, but this doesn’t mean that you don’t need to carry water when you go out into the wilderness.