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Storage tanks the answer to floods

The solution to flash floods is simple if we wish to continue building more roads and buildings.

Flash flooding in the Thomson area earlier this year. All projects, including road projects, should be required to incorporate a storage tank for rainwater. TODAY file photo

Flash flooding in the Thomson area earlier this year. All projects, including road projects, should be required to incorporate a storage tank for rainwater. TODAY file photo

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Tan Yong Phai

The solution to flash floods is simple if we wish to continue building more roads and buildings.

Every project, including road projects, should be required to incorporate a storage tank for rainwater, which would be allowed into the public drainage system after the storm subsides. The size of the tank and when to pump out the water are a matter of engineering calculations.

I am surprised that this design philosophy has not been implemented or even mooted since the problem of flash floods surfaced a couple of years ago. There is a cost involved, but nothing is free.

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