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tag: drains
Underground pipes and underground dams
To flood proof Queensland… each house needs to have a drain. These drains lead to underground tunnels which take the water to the REALLY BIG underground dam away from the city/town. There is a gate that lets water stay or … Continue reading
Tagged away, big, city, Dam, drains, Infrastructure, Pipes, plants, really, schoolofideas, town, towns, underground, water management, water retention
Motes and pipes for protection
To flood proof Queensland we could build a mote around the important cities, buildings and houses. This will stop the water getting in because the motes will be really deep. There will also be pipes at the bottom of the … Continue reading
Tagged buildings, cities, drains, houses, important, Infrastructure, moat, mote, other, places, protection, Queensland, redirection, schoolofideas, Tunnels, water
Drain make the rain go away
To flood proof Queensland we need to put lots more drains into the ground of the cities and towns. The water that goes onto the ground in the cities will then go into these drains and be taken away to … Continue reading
Tagged cities, Dams, drains, ground, hydrology, Infrastructure, Pipes, Rivers, schoolofideas, underground, water
Drain make the rain go away
To flood proof Queensland we need to put lots more drains into the ground of the cities and towns. The water that goes onto the ground in the cities will then go into these drains and be taken away to … Continue reading
Tagged away, brisbane, cities, Dams, drain, drains, houses, Infrastructure, rain, Rivers, schoolofideas, water, water redirection
‘Flood mode’ doors and windows
Give buildings a ‘watertight mode’.Selected doors would be replaced with equivalents that included a one-time-use inflatable watertight seal could be deployed around them using compressed air. To deal with windows and drains each building would keep in storage an insert … Continue reading
Tagged building, doors, drains, house, practical, resilienthomes, retrofit, seal, temporary plug, value, waterproof, watertight, windows