Some countries have very little rain. One of those countries is Chile. A Canadian scientist, Dr. Robert Schemenauer, wanted [?] help Chile. He worked with Pilar Cereceda and some other Chilean scientists. [?] decided to help the village Chungungo. It was one of the [?] places on earth.

There were [?] rivers or lakes near Chungungo. On the mountains near Chungungo, there was always some fog, but very little rain. Getting water was very [?] for the people in the village. So water was carried to the village on an old truck. The water was expensive, but it was not clean.

How did Dr. Schemenauer plan to get water? His answer was “from the fog.” Fog is made up of many small water drops. Dr. Schemenauer set up 75 strong nets on a mountainside near the village. Small water drops were [?] on the nets. Then the drops ran down the nets and into a big pipeline. This pipeline took the water to the village.

Dr. Schemenauer and his team began in 1985. It [?] seven years. At last, in 1992, a water faucet was turned on in the village. Now, the people in Chungungo get all their water from [?].