How do water towers work? Where does the water come from? How does it get in there? How much? WHY! What do we do with it? Why are they in such random places ???
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Water towers are used to provide water to buildings that are higher than the water source.
When the water source is higher than the building, gravity will carry the water there. However, if the building is taller than the water source, then a pump is required to get water to all outlets in the building. Water towers are built to be higher than the surrounding buildings so pumps aren’t needed to get water from the tower to the surrounding buildings, just one large pump is needed to fill the tower itself. Many rural towns have water towers but some city buildings also have water towers set up on the roof since they are often taller than their water sources. This means that so long as there is enough water in the tower, everyone connected to it will have access to some water, even during blackouts or mains water failures.
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