| Water, water everywhere, but not a drop to | | | | dry weather season, so if you fill the reservoir |
| drink! This is not a scenario in the ocean, but on | | | | with three quarters full of pipe water, you would |
| land, where global warming has brought about | | | | at least have water during emergencies. There |
| massive flooding, including water reservoirs. | | | | should also be in place an automatic control |
| Occasionally, there is no electricity as well because | | | | system for the water so that it would be able to |
| the local substation is inoperable due to water | | | | function without supervision. Present day |
| flooding. What can we do now? Here is a useful | | | | telemetry devices are intelligent enough to make |
| suggestion. | | | | your automatic system trouble free. You can |
| Rebuild our houses with underground water | | | | even wire it in such a way that you can check on |
| reservoirs. And make it big enough to store | | | | its condition while away from the house. There will |
| water for at least a month's supply. House | | | | be electric pumps installed to channel the inflow |
| compounds should also be paved with a layer of | | | | and outflow of water. In case of emergencies, an |
| surface, either natural or syntactic materials to | | | | auxiliary gasoline fired electrical generation set |
| trap and filter run off rain water. The filtered | | | | should also be wired into the pumps. It should also |
| water should then be channeled to the | | | | be sited at a level where it would not be easily |
| underground water reservoir by way of pipes and | | | | flooded by water, and in this respect, it would be |
| pumps. The reservoir will be able to | | | | advisable to site it at ceiling levels. This is a very |
| accommodate pipe water as well as rain water. | | | | basic system and other items can be affixed to |
| Rain water might not be that forthcoming during | | | | make it a comprehensive system. |