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tag: plug
Dams, plugs and underground pipes
To flood proof Queensland, we need to have some very deep dams around our houses. At the bottom of the dam is a plug. If the dam starts filling up too much, we can turn the tap. This opens the … Continue reading
Tagged bottom, Dam, houses, Infrastructure, moat, Pipes, plug, resilienthomes, schoolofideas, sea, tap, to, water out, water redirection
A big plug hole
To flood proof our houses we can change how we build them. We can build our houses using concrete as the base. In this concrete we have a plug. This plug has a sensor and when it feels that water … Continue reading
Tagged building, concrete, construction, drain, flooding, housing, materials, plug, resilience, resilienthomes, schoolofideas, sensor, stop, sucked, water