subject: Municipal Flooding--solve it with brains and not one extra penny! [print this page] Ex President Bush would say, you are with me or against me. My sister thinks I am a nut case. YOU get to decide.
While sewer engineers cannot be that dumb, I want to know why this won't work. I was going to sell it but to get municipalities to change things is a case of wasted time, regardless the benefits.
Most all cities have water service and sewer service available. [some mountain communities require residents to Haul in water and to use septic tanks for waste.]
OTHER than those exceptions - sewer systems are used to carry water and the material within them. As of today, few if any cities have their sewer systems connected because each city has the capacity to process any amount of sewage they collect - supposedly. Same with providing drinking water - they have "enough" based on their contracts with their counties and states.
As of now, when a rain storm hits that is heavy, streets quickly flood and water enters homes and buildings as there is no other avenue for the water to take. When water comes off canals, rivers, oceans, and other water sources, quickly, a municipality can become overwhelmed and the city floods till the river or water can haul it away or it evaporates.
WHY can't cities agree with each other, in further agreement with each county, to Inter-connect their sewers. So, when water overwhelms a community, the local sewage engineers need only contact their equal in the next community and say "sending
New effluent your way, open up!" IF the amount of rain or river water is greater than the two communities can absorb, same engineer contacts the next city at a different corner of the map [one starts with S or SW and goes to SE and then, to N or NW or NE.]
Now, our nation has had in the last few weeks, monster floods that overwhelmed many cities, counties and states. So, how do we deal with this extra large problem? Same way, except we bring in the governor's office and ask to send the liquid also
S or SE, etc. IF one must send the material 1-2-3-4 states away, so be it. ONE fact exists, at the same time that some communities/states are flooded, states to their N or S or E or W are dry! That is where to send the excess! This NEW interconnectivity can be done within 90 days! Cost? Zero. Why? Cause the losses not incurred by the municipalities would easily pay for it!
THIS system should save the USA at least 100 M a year, every year for all time in eternity. Do I expect any to make use of my idea? NO. Why? Cause it was created by me and not by them! But I have been wrong before. I am available to any municipality to guide them through this.
NO MORE flooding anywhere in the US!! NEVER AGAIN!
[and for those communities that are dryer than dry, they will love the excess water!]
Municipal Flooding--solve it with brains and not one extra penny!
