Trusbox, The water was very palatable, Remember that fog drip is a product of a distilation process. It is only at condensation that potential pollution may happen. I did add tablets to be safe.The Channel Islands are in themselves each unique. One has a permanent population of people and Bisons, another until recently was a cattle ranch with free ranging horses ( unique, in that the mares foaling season changed to adapt to local conditions), another held feral pigs and goats and one is a naval bombing range.So collection anywhere worldwide may be problematical. A real example of fog drip collection involved the largest organism on earth <img src="images/graemlins/shocked.gif" alt="" />My friend, Julia Butterfly relied solely on dew collection during her 2 year+ tree sit. Aside from small supplies of fruit juices, this was her sole resource for drinking,cooking and bathing. She did very well until smoke from kerosene used to burn the remaining "slash" of the clearcutting made her deathly ill. Temperate and Tropical Rainforests are one vanishing place an umbrella is more neccessary than a still!