It is the rainy season in Kiribati and it often happens that rain is falling almost non stop during the week-end. Water is a very important resource here and the local population is organized to manage water as best as possible.
Rainwater collecting is a vital thing on the island, as there are very little chances for underground water to be available on this type of island it is important to collect as much water as possible for everyone’s need. I learned this week that the country has 4 desalination plants to turn salt water into still water, the person selling and maintaining the technology is staying in the same hotel as mine. He explained that Kiribati islands have a few water tables but they don’t produce enough water for the need of the whole population. His plants produce the necessary quantities of still water needed for everyone’s well being. The still water produced in the plants added to the rainwater collected in each house prevents everyone to suffer from a lack of water.
When you go for a stroll you can’t miss those huge plastic tanks that are placed below the evacuation pipe of the gutter to collect as mush water as possible. The inhabitants will first use the rainwater as it is a free resource, without those tanks the country would probably need much more desalination plants.
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