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This reminds me a lot of the Earthship community in the middle of the desert, which always focusses on smart ways of reusing water for different purposes, and by not wasting water as much as possible. The houses usually have a clean/grey/blackwater + a rainwormbox system to process fecals and reuse it for growing plants. Their air conditioning system is basically just a pipe in the ground where the hot air flows through, cools down, and automatically gets pushed through the house when they open the windows on the roof.

I was always wondering why there are no systems converting the unused electricity in potential energy by moving water to a higher ground. And more importantly: Why there are no water storages on the roof.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVp5koAOu9M

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