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]]> Comment on Welcome to Chemlogix Chemical and Transportation Logistics Blog by G. N. Christensen III http://blog.chemlogix.com/2009/03/welcome-to-the-chemlogix-chemical-transportation-logistics-blog/comment-page-1/#comment-31 G. N. Christensen III Sat, 09 May 2009 18:06:29 +0000 http://blog.chemlogix.com/?p=27#comment-31 As I have watched the battle for water in the western US, and seen the issue in other parts of the world I have wondered why the rail and trucking systems cannot assist. If bulktainers or other dry van containers with liners were used, it would seem that water could be transported from areas of excess water (Such as North Dakota and other Midwestern States that were flooded in recent years) to areas of critical shortage (California, Nevada, Arizona...). By my estimate if a plastic liner (made of Elastine or other new material) was put in 20' dry van containers at four containers per flat car you could move 4.5 million gallons of water with 60 train cars. The military uses multiple versions of deployable pumping systems that could fill this cars and even filter the water. There are even pumps that could be powered by wind or solar to do the work. Trains pass over and near most water ways that have links to flooding and also near facilities that can receive the water. The reason I propose use of dry containers is that they are more prevalent. By using a liner, hundreds of liners could be sent to flooding area like sand bags. The lined containers could replace sand bags as barriers and hold millions of gallons of water until flooding stops. Use of these containers would provide mobility of the water without the need for dams or other systems that hurt fish etc. If you had a flood in an area that shipped grain or coal, why not line those cars and transport the water aways from affected area. Even if each liner were a few hundred dollars it is cheaper than the sand bag and labor requirements to constrain an equivalent amount of water. Environmentalists may be concerned that bacteria or other items would transported, but with filtering and coordination of delivery through systems such as water purification plants or isolated holding areas these bacteria could be controlled. Water is the most valuable resource on the planet, why not use our transportation networks to manage it. G. N. Christensen III Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Retired) As I have watched the battle for water in the western US, and seen the issue in other parts of the world I have wondered why the rail and trucking systems cannot assist. If bulktainers or other dry van containers with liners were used, it would seem that water could be transported from areas of excess water (Such as North Dakota and other Midwestern States that were flooded in recent years) to areas of critical shortage (California, Nevada, Arizona…). By my estimate if a plastic liner (made of Elastine or other new material) was put in 20′ dry van containers at four containers per flat car you could move 4.5 million gallons of water with 60 train cars. The military uses multiple versions of deployable pumping systems that could fill this cars and even filter the water. There are even pumps that could be powered by wind or solar to do the work. Trains pass over and near most water ways that have links to flooding and also near facilities that can receive the water.

The reason I propose use of dry containers is that they are more prevalent. By using a liner, hundreds of liners could be sent to flooding area like sand bags. The lined containers could replace sand bags as barriers and hold millions of gallons of water until flooding stops. Use of these containers would provide mobility of the water without the need for dams or other systems that hurt fish etc.

If you had a flood in an area that shipped grain or coal, why not line those cars and transport the water aways from affected area. Even if each liner were a few hundred dollars it is cheaper than the sand bag and labor requirements to constrain an equivalent amount of water.

Environmentalists may be concerned that bacteria or other items would transported, but with filtering and coordination of delivery through systems such as water purification plants or isolated holding areas these bacteria could be controlled.

Water is the most valuable resource on the planet, why not use our transportation networks to manage it.

G. N. Christensen III
Lieutenant Colonel, United States Army (Retired)

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