Mountain cloudwater

A wind management enclosure for catching orographic clouds comprising:

• air guide surfaces disposed on a geologic formation subject to prevailing winds, at an elevation that is regularly subject to orographic condensation of the water vapor within said prevailing winds because of said elevation, the wind management enclosure having at least one first inlet opening generally facing said prevailing winds, and at least one second discharge opening generally facing away from, or substantially shielded from, said prevailing winds;
• a mechanism for capture of liquid water from the aerosol condensation content of the orographic cloud flows being at least partially enclosed by the wind management enclosure;
• a mechanism for collection of said captured liquid water,
• a mechanism for delivery of said collected liquid water to water filtration, sanitization treatment and/or storage reservoir devices, which in turn are in hydraulic communication with water distribution systems for public, agricultural, or industrial consumption;
• wherein at least one exhaust fan is employed to lower internal air pressure.

A wind management enclosure for catching orographic clouds comprising:

• air guide surfaces disposed on a geologic formation subject to prevailing winds, at an elevation that is regularly subject to orographic condensation of the water vapor within said prevailing winds because of said elevation, the wind management enclosure having at least one first inlet opening with a flow area generally facing said prevailing winds, internal flow areas, and at least one second discharge opening with a flow area generally facing away from, or substantially shielded from, said prevailing winds;
• a mechanism for capture of liquid water from the aerosol condensation content of the orographic cloud flows being at least partially enclosed by the wind management enclosure, wherein said mechanism for capture of liquid water comprises at least one fibrous mesh array;
• a mechanism for collection of said captured liquid water falling from said at least one fibrous mesh array, and
• a mechanism for delivery of said collected liquid water to water filtration, sanitization treatment and/or storage reservoir devices, which in turn are in hydraulic communication with water distribution systems for public, agricultural, or industrial consumption,
• said at least one fibrous mesh array comprising fibrous mesh panels comprising at least one fibrous mesh filtration layer and having normally projected flow areas, said normally projected flow areas having inlet side in fluid communication, with said first inlet opening and discharge side in fluid communication with said discharge opening;
• said fibrous mesh panels being arrayed across said internal flow areas of said wind management enclosure such that substantially all airflows passing through said wind management enclosure from its said first inlet opening towards its said second discharge opening necessarily pass through or across said fibrous mesh panels from its inlet side to its discharge side,
• said normally projected flow areas of said fibrous mesh panels being extended longitudinally to orient said normally projected flow areas at angles with said internal flow area such that the sum of said normally projected flow areas of said fibrous mesh panels is substantially greater than the inlet opening flow area as projected normal to the oncoming wind.