"Cheap" Water

Heating up water causes it to evaporate, the temperature does not have to be near the boiling point either. My idea, build a small, insulated structure about 10 X 10 x 20 (w x h x l). The roof will be double paned glass meant to intensify the greenhouse effect and raise the temperature inside the structure significantly. Im not sure if "black" tinted glass would work even better or not. Now place beams or poles across the interior at two levels and on them place eight 8 ft x 2.5ft troughs with semi-circle roofs over haning the trough (four from each end of the structure) on these beams (or poles) two on each level. In the center of the structure there will be the incoming ocean water to eight spickets (for eight troughs) At the end walls of the structure, the troughs can be pulled out like drawers, opened from the bottom, and dumped into whatever... The floor will be a series of open-space metal plates under wich is a large basin that feeds the water into a tank or whatever...

*update: I have learned that it is best to have black interior and clear glass (as that would make sense since I understand how earthships work, similarily). So, that is now the decided part of the solar design...

* Better yet, just remove the semi-circle roofs, and let the glass itself collect the condensing water vapor and drop it into the basin. (like the other linked idea)