How exactly do water towers work?

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Is the water always up there?

How does the water get up there? I assume pumps but it all just doesn’t compute in my brain.

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A water tower is simply an elevated water tank (the elevation provides the water to move the water from the tank to the home). The drain for that tank, is what is connected to the houses in the community.

Water may be removed from the tank at a rate quicker than the pumps can pump water into the tank…but that’s okay as at some point the drain rate will slow down and reach a point where the pump can pump more water into the tank than is being drained…and the cycle constantly repeats. Think of it as a constantly reachable battery except water instead of electricity.

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