When I was browsing the ‘Water Retention’ section in the 360 Interactive Walkthrough, the slide displays a photo of a large dug-out area covered with grasses that has the caption ‘A typical water retention pond’.
However, the gallery for Design Area 2 – Water Access and Quality shows two dark red storage tanks captioned ‘one of the 11 water retention ponds in Loidahar’; this can also be found on Page 29 of the Challenge Brief pdf.
Therefore, my question is, what design are we following? Are we creating an out-of-the-ground structure, or are we designing a dug-out space (or is it up to our own discretion)?
If it is a dug-out area, I am not exactly sure how we could innovate further from the ponds that WaterAid has already constructed.
I would also assume that it seems to be a challenge to get these in-ground ponds down to a household level, considering the undulating terrain that is present in Loidahar, meaning not every household could have the room or the flat area to support an in-ground pond.
Hope it all makes sense, thank you in advance.
Anthony Brady.
Harvey Williams
Anthony Brady