# Donation bins and fire hydrants
**URL:** https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647
**Category:** The Drawing Board
**Created:** [April 2, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647 "2016-04-02T03:47:32Z")
**Posts on this page:** 7
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### Author:  [@CosmicKobal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CosmicKobal)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2016, 3:47am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647/1 "2016-04-02T03:47:32Z")
I’m thinking that there should be donation bins at grocery stores, pharmacies, has stations, etc that contain a random assortment of clothes, housewares, books, toys, music instruments and electronics.
Also thinking of fire hydrants that take up one tile and explode with water centered 11x11 tiles similarly to a boomer
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### Author:  [@Coolthulhu](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Coolthulhu)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2016, 11:22am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647/2 "2016-04-02T11:22:32Z")
Water pressure is most likely very low 5 days after everything stopped working.
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### Author:  [@CosmicKobal](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/CosmicKobal)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2016, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647/3 "2016-04-02T20:05:49Z")
I suppose, but up to then they would make a decent emergency water source for survivors with wrenches, sledges or cars 😉
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### Author:  [@MrQwerty](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/MrQwerty)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2016, 11:00am UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647/4 "2016-04-03T11:00:40Z")
Donation bins are cool, but i think some items in there should spawn damaged(not sure if it’s possible right now) as for hydrants - i doubt any of them would work… well, maybe in a lab, but other than that they would at best be dripping small amounts of water that you can fill a cup with after an hour.
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### Author:  [@Zireael](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Zireael)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2016, 12:26pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647/5 "2016-04-03T12:26:51Z")
> [@CosmicKobal](#):
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> I suppose, but up to then they would make a decent emergency water source for survivors with wrenches, sledges or cars 😉
The thing is, Cata starts 5 days after everything stopped, so even on day 1 you wouldn’t have any water in them.
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### Author:  [@Chezzo](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Chezzo)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2016, 1:54pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647/6 "2016-04-03T13:54:56Z")
I mean, I will be the first to admit I don’t know anything about this, but don’t most rural New England towns have water towers? And don’t they not depend on anything but gravity to work?
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### Author:  [@Litppunk](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/u/Litppunk)
#### Post date: [April 3, 2016, 5:40pm UTC](https://discourse.cataclysmdda.org/t/donation-bins-and-fire-hydrants/11647/7 "2016-04-03T17:40:42Z")
water towers with water sub stations to pump water up to them, and then boost effective range is a pretty standard water distribution method… Usually they are placed on top of hills or buildings to reduce the required manual built stilts required height.