Comments on: Gigantic Water Harvesting Skyscrapers Could Solve Sudan’s Drought http://inhabitat.com/the-watertower-aims-to-solve-sudans-drought/ Green design & eco innovation for a better world Fri, 24 May 2013 14:50:05 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: jd1230 http://inhabitat.com/the-watertower-aims-to-solve-sudans-drought/comment-page-1/#comment-351699 jd1230 Mon, 29 Aug 2011 05:36:44 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=95370#comment-351699 If they were made out of bricks what would hold the water within the building? It would need to be reinforced with steal I would imagine. That much water pressure, depending on the volume of water would put a lot of stress on those bricks. Seems like a neat idea - but the guy above might be right. Well's might be more realistic. I know nothing about the area though. Id like to know more about the project. If they were made out of bricks what would hold the water within the building? It would need to be reinforced with steal I would imagine. That much water pressure, depending on the volume of water would put a lot of stress on those bricks.

Seems like a neat idea – but the guy above might be right. Well’s might be more realistic. I know nothing about the area though.

Id like to know more about the project.

]]> By: pwmuchmore http://inhabitat.com/the-watertower-aims-to-solve-sudans-drought/comment-page-1/#comment-351495 pwmuchmore Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:29:36 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=95370#comment-351495 I believe you mean underground lakes instead of "underwater lakes" Very interesting article. I believe you mean underground lakes instead of “underwater lakes” Very interesting article.

]]> By: anothervoice http://inhabitat.com/the-watertower-aims-to-solve-sudans-drought/comment-page-1/#comment-351469 anothervoice Fri, 26 Aug 2011 13:21:41 +0000 http://www.inhabitat.com/?p=95370#comment-351469 ...and all H3AR needs is a rich western government to underwrite their solution in search of a problem. The cost to benefit ratio for this project is unsustainable. And inhabitat knows this - we've seen this design on the blogs in other contexts. A better solution for every money spent would be providing standard deep wells to supplement individual family cisterns, and low water use gardening technologies. It's an interesting design, but how many people will it help on a daily basis and what is the cost per person effected? If it's more than a hundred dollars per individual, I doubt that it's cost-effective. …and all H3AR needs is a rich western government to underwrite their solution in search of a problem. The cost to benefit ratio for this project is unsustainable. And inhabitat knows this – we’ve seen this design on the blogs in other contexts. A better solution for every money spent would be providing standard deep wells to supplement individual family cisterns, and low water use gardening technologies.

It’s an interesting design, but how many people will it help on a daily basis and what is the cost per person effected? If it’s more than a hundred dollars per individual, I doubt that it’s cost-effective.

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