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How do you guys get drinking water if floodwater is dismissed as bad because ”muh rain bad”. Rain is what makes the Eastern United States alot more inhabitable than the Western US. Big think moment, I know. However, Washington and Oregon as well as Northern California have more rain than even the eastern US, but people complain that rain is bad, but maybe it's not true???
European flood control may be camouflaged with dual use. A flooded sports field is still a sports field after the water is drained, with maybe some new paint on the lines.
Here we have catch basins (called caditoie) say every 100 metres, who collect rain and either they get scooped out when full or are directly linked to the centrale sewers.
Here in the desert we have designated retention ponds in developed areas that are empty most of the time but when it rains, like in our current monsoon season, we will sometimes get tremendous downpours that will fill the ponds and turn the arroyos into raging torrents. Although we only get 11 inches of rain most years it can be dangerous when it comes in a a few major storms. We have already lost a few people in flash floods this year.
Here in the desert we have designated retention ponds in developed areas that are empty most of the time but when it rains, like in our current monsoon season, we will sometimes get tremendous downpours that will fill the ponds and turn the arroyos into raging torrents. Although we only get 11 inches of rain most years it can be dangerous when it comes in a a few major storms. We have already lost a few people in flash floods this year.
That's a lot of the reason for them, to capture and slow down flooding like you have. Here in the East they're used to slow down runoff and allow silt and other pollutants to settle out before entering the main waterway.
Here in the desert we have designated retention ponds in developed areas that are empty most of the time but when it rains, like in our current monsoon season, we will sometimes get tremendous downpours that will fill the ponds and turn the arroyos into raging torrents. Although we only get 11 inches of rain most years it can be dangerous when it comes in a a few major storms. We have already lost a few people in flash floods this year.
As I understand it, if they're empty most of the time, then chances are they are detention ponds and not retention ponds as retention ponds are generally meant to more or less have a permanent pool of water though they're both basically on the same train of thought.
As I understand it, if they're empty most of the time, then chances are they are detention ponds and not retention ponds as retention ponds are generally meant to more or less have a permanent pool of water though they're both basically on the same train of thought.
Interesting and creative solution. I noticed that the article talked about slowly draining the accumulated water from the retention pond into the city's sewage system. Is that the local term for a storm-drain system, or does Bangkok's rainwater flood its way into the sewer system? (Yuck!)
I will point out that there aren't many places in Europe with flat land that gets the kind of torrential downpours of the Great Plains.
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