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tag: drought
Houses on the Hills
To flood proof Queensland… we need to build houses on the hills. This will protect the important things if it does floods on lower ground. To help stop it flooding though we also need to put holes in the ground … Continue reading
Tagged drought, flood plain, flooding, ground, hills, holes, houses, important, Infrastructure, lower, resilienthomes, schoolofideas, tanks, underground, water management, water storage, zoning
Helicopters with buckets to the rescue!!
To help flood proof Brisbane… you can use helicopters that have big buckets. These big buckets can be dipped into the Brisbane River to lower the water level and stop the water overflowing into the city. The water in the … Continue reading
Tagged brisbane, buckets, city, drought, dry land, flood, helicopters, level, lower, need, overflowing, river, schoolofideas, stop, water
Mote Time
To flood proof Queensland… we need to build a mote around the houses/cities with underground pipes that carries the water to dams and other parts of the country that need water.
Tagged cities, country, Dams, drought, flood, houses, moat, mote, need water, Pipes, proof, Queensland, resilient communities, resilient homes, schoolofideas, Tunnels, underground, water redirection
Control of the Dam
In exploring the recommendation of a ‘regulating reservoir’ at the junction of the Stanley and Brisbane rivers, Colonel John Pennycuick presented two ideas for important issues that would arise from the construction of this dam. The first idea addressed who … Continue reading
Canals and Reservoirs
I would suggest a network of canals and reservoirs all across our country. The reservoirs can be away from cities in central Queensland/NSW/NT/WA regions. Our coastal area gets too much rainfall /cyclones etc and central Australia is dry. So whenever … Continue reading