A solar still for producing fresh water, including • a solar panel cell; • a water evaporation chamber with a water condenser plate for condensing water vapour; - a condensed water storage chamber; • a water collector to collect condensed water vapour and fluidly connected to a condensed water storage chamber; • a feedwater inlet water preheater chamber with a feedwater inlet port fluidly connected to receive feedwater, and fluidly connected to an inlet water feed distributor to distribute feedwater to the water evaporation chamber • a heat exchange chamber to receive excess water that has not evaporated from the water evaporation chamber; • the feedwater inlet water preheater chamber thermally connected to the solar panel cell and at least partially surrounding the condensed water storage chamber and the heat exchange chamber; • an infrared absorbing material positioned in the water evaporation chamber, the inlet water feed distributor distributing feedwater over the infrared absorbing material; • a reflective material positioned below the infrared absorbing material; • a surrounding frame, wherein the surrounding frame includes conduits or channels to fluidly connect the inlet water preheater chamber to the inlet water feed distributor; • an inlet water pump to pump water into the feedwater inlet water preheater chamber, wherein the inlet water pump is powered by the solar panel cell; wherein the water collector further includes: • a first water collecting channel and a second water collecting channel; the second water collecting channel to collect water vapour from the water condenser plate and the first water collecting channel positioned lower than the second water collecting channel; • the first water collecting channel fluidly connected to the heat exchange chamber; • the second water collecting channel fluidly connected to the condensed water storage chamber. • a solar panel cell; • a water evaporation chamber with a water condenser plate for condensing water vapour; - a condensed water storage chamber; - a condensed water storage chamber; • a water collector to collect condensed water vapour and fluidly connected to a condensed water storage chamber; • a feedwater inlet water preheater chamber with a feedwater inlet port fluidly connected to receive feedwater, and fluidly connected to an inlet water feed distributor to distribute feedwater to the water evaporation chamber • a heat exchange chamber to receive excess water that has not evaporated from the water evaporation chamber; • the feedwater inlet water preheater chamber thermally connected to the solar panel cell and at least partially surrounding the condensed water storage chamber and the heat exchange chamber; • an infrared absorbing material positioned in the water evaporation chamber, the inlet water feed distributor distributing feedwater over the infrared absorbing material; • a reflective material positioned below the infrared absorbing material; • a surrounding frame, wherein the surrounding frame includes conduits or channels to fluidly connect the inlet water preheater chamber to the inlet water feed distributor; • an inlet water pump to pump water into the feedwater inlet water preheater chamber, wherein the inlet water pump is powered by the solar panel cell; • a first water collecting channel and a second water collecting channel; the second water collecting channel to collect water vapour from the water condenser plate and the first water collecting channel positioned lower than the second water collecting channel; • the first water collecting channel fluidly connected to the heat exchange chamber; • the second water collecting channel fluidly connected to the condensed water storage chamber.