The Beginning, Basic Distillation

A great resource is the The U.S. Geological Survey with tons of great information. I wanted to show the "Desalination is not modern science" (read <-- that link) section on how it used to be done. I imagine a version of this to be "level 1" of the design idea. Like the simplest, no frills, not that efficient, but easy to understand and use for a few people. The water cone is probably a easier solution, but non-the-less, this is the start.

I like the thoughtfulness to add cold water to the top to aid condensation. Whats hard to understand in this graphic is how the water is collected. Well there is solar humidification invention, that has an easier to understand process called the Water Cone. The collection cone is what I want you to see as a method for collecting condensation.