Keywords: Low cost water transport system.JPG en Low-cost water transport system Also usable for drainage of fields Own KVDP 2009-03-30 Kiln/Lorena rocket stove will need to be equipped with underground Carbon capture and storage After drainage the land may possible then be used to grow nutrious crops that do not thrive very well in nad with a soggy top-layer Also drainage trough this system may also be very useful in urban environments eg cities where the streets are not yet paved eg in the Sahel/Sahara Take into account that where asphalt not with concrete has already been used the collected water will thus be polluted aswell and will then require extensive purification before use Note that instead of a pressure vessel a regular tank and/or a inline pump controllers or pressure-sensitive pumps may also be used See http //en wikipedia org/wiki/Pressure_vessel Alternatives_to_pressure_vessels Also a special water system with cistern see Image Water System With Cistern svg where the pressure vessel is removed and the cistern itself works as a pressure vessel can be used This would allow the system to be build DIY rather than needing to buy a pressure vessel or weld your own pressure vessel casing Instead of using drainage for remote natural wetlands water-tolerant and thus more suitable crops are better used If no nutrious crops eg protein-rich crops can be grown trees are better grown instead or the land is best left unused/sold Advantages of system Low cost due to the use of earthenware/stoneware piping which can be made on-site with minimal tools using locally available material that can often be aquired for free or at very low prices The design was made after reading about the Nabataean water systems which include terracotta water distribution systems See The Ecologist - Nabatean Water http //www eitanhaddok com/page5 html Water transport Sketches Handwriting Taken with Konica Minolta Dimage Z6 |