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How Water Towers Work. This water tower comes complete with leaf, stem and that funny crease that peaches have. Fun Water Tower Fact. They are large. They are elevated, making them easy to see from an airplane. All small towns have them. Small towns are nice enough to paint the town's name on nearly every tower! Read More. A water tower is a large, elevated tank of water that pressurizes water for distribution to all of the houses and businesses in the area of the tower.
They are typically located on high ground and are large enough to hold about a day's worth of water for the community served by the tower. Why are water towers so tall? Water towers are tall to provide the necessary pressure. An average municipal water supply requires a water pressure between 50 and PSI.
Therefore, the water tower must be tall enough to offer this level of pressure to all consumers in the area of the tower. How does water get into a water tower?
Once water coming from a source, such as a well, river or reservoir has been treated in the water treatment plant to remove impurities, a high-lift pump pressurizes the water and sends it to the water system's primary feeder pipes. If the pump produces more water than the needs of the water system, the excess flows automatically into the tank. Why does the U. Water towers help the U.
Are all water towers the same height? No, water towers come in all shapes and sizes. An average water tower is usually about feet 50 meters tall, and its tank can hold about a million gallons of water or more. How did public fountains, like those in Rome, work without any type of motor to pump the water? Many were produced by companies known to residents of Plains states from bridge nameplates. A wide variety of shapes are used including those referred to as doorknobs, lattice towers, and fully enclosed domes.
Many smaller communities used a shape that one author, Anne Dingus, has likened to the head of the Tinman in the classic movie, The Wizard of Oz. After the tank is erected, the steel is given a protective coat of paint.
The name of the town and sometimes a logo is then painted on the tank. Repainting is performed to maintain the condition of the tank as well as to cover graffiti. Water towers can seem deceptively small in appearance because of their height.
However, they can hold anywhere from 15, gallons to as much as 3 million gallons of water. The operation of a water tower is fairly simple. Because it needs to be elevated above the rest of a water system, it is constructed on a scaffold or, in the case of a tank, positioned on a hill.
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