These cities are working alongside nature to become flood-proof

Barriers, floodgates, aqueducts, empty wells; how these cities are adapting to floods and droughts.
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How can we protect ourselves as extreme weather becomes more commonplace and natural disasters threaten our homes?
Three cities around the globe are already in the midst of answering this daunting question. Amsterdam, Rotterdam, and Las Vegas have implemented technologies to protect, conserve, and purify water in a world where droughts and floods are increasingly the new normal.
Nobody has a complete answer yet on how to better shield ourselves from the devastating effects of climate change, but these three cities are giving us promising clues.
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[@deepmalyadas6585]

Really like the long format of videos. It's pretty immersive and awesome once you get hooked on to the premise. Would love to see more of these.

[@coastofkonkan]

Coastal Kerala India & Bangladesh have had traditional natural flood barrier system using mangroves & natural coastal plants. It works.

[@sandralison7584]

Mangroves are awesome! We need to protect them! They are so important! 🇩🇪

[@Songer80]

when I lived in Las Vegas, the pool used the most water. We needed to top it off every day because about 100 gallons evaporates a day.

[@thatguyinformer27]

Love this kind of video, it makes regular people to see beyond the surface of the problem. It enables them to solve or suggest improvements to the system rather than just blindly complain on the problem.

[@maladaptedmalarkey]

Awesome work! Love the focus on local culture and norms.

[@ttopero]

Someday we’ll also start to discuss how water moves between basins as net importers (Las Vegas & Nevada being most notable) & exporters (California being a primary due to export of ag products). What will be fascinating will be the rest of the states when we look at the whole equation.

[@grantmccoy6739]

It's cool that people are using the water instead of treating it like its a nuisance. I think its not only efficient, but inspiring and entertaining. You take what is otherwise a bland area, and turn it into something enjoyable.
What was weird about the water allocation in vegas is that they have an allotment of water (300,000 af, or 275,000 af), but they get to continue to use water as long as they put it back. Is that really conservation, or is it just a loop hole?
The reason I say this is because they are going to have to treat and dispose the water anyway, so why should that effect how much water they use? It seems like that (wastewater treatment) should already be a part of the calculation.
I guess what I'm trying to say is, if they're able to consume 300,000 af per year, without repleneshing that, then how much are they actually replenishing? Is it merely the difference, 100,000 af? Or is it actually almost all of the use, 400,000 af? What's the percentage of the reclamation?
If they are recycling their water at ~100% efficiency, or close to that, then lake mead would fill over time. That would be the goal right? To have more than enough?

[@mbabcock111]

Create more reservoirs and aqueduct to redirect runoff to lakes, auqifers, and reservoirs. Don't let it run out to the ocean.

[@davefoc]

Great video. Thank you. Flood control for the city of Sacramento is interesting and a story about it might fit into this series.

[@user-dr2pg8fk2i]

It is incredibly stupid and inefficient to continue growing let alone living in cities like Las Vegas and Phoenix.

[@uggali]

I love raingardens they’re genius and common sense

[@TheSkystrider]

How does it make any sense to solve the drought problem by taking water from the bottom of lake meed for LA? It's just gonna get used up.

[@VashtiPerry]

Lazy

[@lewisbale1]

Exactly

[@mr2octavio]

You know, the best way to have flood proof cities IS TO STOP REMOVING THE FUCKING TREES

[@Highnoonshred]

#capecod get your act together

[@FIFAmobilem]

The way he says condoms tho

[@joshstauffer403]

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[@gooaygar]

First

[@jennymauger]

Truly enjoyed this ty for sharing the water loove 🙏💦