Could you build a water tower that is a cube to be as effective or more as one that is a cylinder?
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Water pressure does not change based on shape, but shape does affect stress in solids. For a given height, water pressure in a tower would be the same regardless of the shape of the tower, but when you apply that pressure to the walls of the tower, stress within that material is concentrated at any corners. This is also why airplanes have round windows.
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