Saving Power Consumption and Water Utilization

In order to save resources, we have to use them less. But sometimes you have no choice but to use them more as you need them more either for entertainment, business or health etc.. As your family grow larger or maturing, a lot more resources are needed. Currently, the cost of electricity and water are too much for some people. Be reminded, these cost will keep increasing in the future. Future war may occur due to water shortages.

Thus rather than limit the electricity and water consumption, alternative ways to accumulate free water and electricity should be done. To save free rain water, you need a method to store the water. New houses in many states in Malaysia already required to have rain water storage, and a separate piping to use it. To save power consumption, the water tank should be at the top of the house so that gravity can be used to pour the water whenever we want to use it. Some housing development are forcing users to use water pump. They provide water tank with electric pump. But electricity cost is higher than water cost. So it is not practical to use water pump. Some rain water storage system is dangerous because it is very easy to cultivate mosquito. The water tank placement uses space which can be used for a better usage.

The best place is to put the tank exactly just under the roof so that when it is raining, the water is immediately stored in the tank. The tank is elevated so that the water can easily be used. However, this means a reinforced structure is needed which is expensive. But, the space under the tank can be used for other purpose such as to become a custom cupboard. Hence, the money is well spent.

In some states, the reason to add the rain water storage is to help to reduce flash flood in the surrounding area. Although the storage space is not much, if every house has one, the overall area has a large temporary storage of rain water to prevent flash food. However, the design of rain water storage is not yet standardized. In fact, I don't satisfy with the design used in my new house. A major design modification was done to ensure the rain water storage can be used for other purposes.

In Johor Bahru especially on the Eastern part of the state, the area was under water ration. The most affected area was Permas Jaya, Masai, Pasir Gudang, Kota Tinggi, Penawar and Pengerang. Since last October 2015, the water tap is only available in an alternate day. During a worst period, for every three days, the water tab was only available for one day. Many people avoid living the area during these troubling time. However, the funny thing is during these periods, there were a lot of rain water drops. But, the infrastructure is not available to store the rain water and use it.

Thus, one of the major modification I did in my rain water storage is to ensure the storage can be used during any emergency. During non-emergency, the rain water can be used to fill my planned pond, watering the vegetable plants and many more. The plan sounds easy. In reality, the piping structure must be carefully designed and implemented. Future expansion plan must also be considered.

I may patent the rain water storage design!!