• Question: In the future could you transfer water tanks into different countries with water difficulties ?

    Asked by 385watf27 to Mo, Vinnie, Matt, Joe on 22 Jun 2016. This question was also asked by 948watf25.
    • Photo: Maurice Stokes

      Maurice Stokes answered on 22 Jun 2016:

      You are really thinking about engineering problems with this question and you may have checked out my profile.
      You mention water tanks we engineers call them water retaining structure 🙂
      There are methods we can use to “flat pack” structures and transport them to a location but you have to think about what skills and equipment are needed to put them together when they are there.
      You also have to consider what the structure is going to be used for. It may be easier to dig a big hole and line it with a material to hold the water.
      One of the best ideas I heard about is to use a big ship and drag a big ice berg around to the areas where there is no drinking water. How cool is that?

    • Photo: Matthew Hobbs

      Matthew Hobbs answered on 23 Jun 2016:

      That’s an interesting idea, although it may be best as a temporary solution to a problem. It would most likely be more sustainable to develop water treatment facilities in that place, we always have to think about the effects our actions will have in the future

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