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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The city have installed pumps that pushes water from the nearest source of clean water into the water pipes that run through the city. The problem is that these pumps are either on or off, there is no half way on. So when everyone wakes up and puts on the coffee maker the pumps is not able to pump enough water for everyone. And then when people sit down to enjoy the fresh cup of coffee the pumps are pushing lots of water into the pipes and the water have nowhere to go. Then again when everyone feels the effect of the coffee and takes a trip to the bathroom all the toilets is going to flush all the water out from the pipes again. That would be quite a sad city to live in.
The city have therefore installed water towers throughout the network. And what you see is what there is. It is just a long water pipe going up to a big tank, nothing more. The water in the tower will be pulled down by gravity into the water lines and out to all the houses. So when the pumps are unable to keep up with how much water people are using the additional water from the water tower will make up the difference. Then when people stop using water the pumps are still going full churn and the only way for the water in the water pipes to go is up the tower filling it from the bottom. This way the water pumps are going all day long even though people are using water at different rates.
So yes, the water tower is full of water, or sometimes almost down to the neck.
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