Patent ID: 7348685

Claim:
A method of collecting rainwater and generating electricity comprising: forming at least one reservoir for collecting rainwater; providing at least one hollow buoyant member under the at least one reservoir for supporting said at least one reservoir; providing a plurality of steel ropes each having one end secured to the at least one reservoir for traction and an other end opposite the one end; providing a plurality of piles each driven into ground and secured to the other end of a corresponding one of the plurality of steel ropes fixing the at least one reservoir and the at least one hollow buoyant member; forming at least one gate controlling water yield; providing at least one tube having a fluid end in fluid communication with the at least one reservoir through the at least one gate guiding flows of water, with the tube having an intermediate portion spaced from the fluid end; building at least one hydroelectric generator in the intermediate portion of the at least one tube, with the hydroelectric generator generating electricity; and wherein the rainwater collected and stored in the at least one reservoir flows to the at least one hydroelectric generator through the at least one gate and the at least one tube, with the hydroelectric generator generating electricity.