With the increase in frequency of these kinds of events continuing is anyone out there able to hazard a guess about whether it would be wise to build infrastruc

With the increase in frequency of these kinds of events continuing is anyone out there able to hazard a guess about whether it would be wise to build infrastructure specifically to capture all this fresh water. The news report I saw was stated around 90% of this surge in rain (inch/hour) would simply be washed out to sea. Would it not be prudent to store it for the drought seasons we are also seeing?