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Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by mike_d on Saturday August 19, 2023 @02:36PM (#37191716)
The article mentions their plan is to bury the tanks. That is stupid expensive, and one of the reasons existing water storage tanks are never buried in the US.
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Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by Animats on Saturday August 19, 2023 @04:02PM (#37192553)
Buried water storage tanks are not rare. The San Francisco Water Department has some in their system.[1][2] They're basically roofed concrete reservoirs. Those store clean, processed water.

Those could have been fully buried or hidden, but, being visible only from the air, it wasn't worth it.

[1] https://earth.google.com/web/@37.48236017,-122.3128578,104.7...

[2] https://earth.google.com/web/@37.53843703,-121.85711496,126....

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Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by almostnormal on Saturday August 19, 2023 @06:21PM (#37193923)
That's easy and cheap per volume: Drill a small hole into a mountain. Add a nuke.

It's not for water suitable for consumption, but it doesn't have to be.

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Re:'No-water' hydropower turns England's hills into green an... by aydyn on Sunday August 20, 2023 @04:18AM (#37197176)
Just nuke a mountain, that'll solve climate change. Peak HN.
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