some are pretty cool looking, too.
2006-09-06 11:01:17 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
some are in flat lands, where there is no natural head of water (like a reservior up on a hill)
to keep a pressure to the customers regardless of how much water is used, a pump will top up the water tower, but then its gravity that feeds the homes etc. A pump alone would not fare too well in the stop-go-stop-go way water is used.
2006-09-06 11:09:45 · answer #1 · answered by a tao 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water towers provide the necessary pressure to force the water through the pipes into your home.
2006-09-06 18:05:29 · answer #2 · answered by luckyaz128 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Each water tower has enough water to supply the area that it is in. More area in the city, more people, there is a need for more water that is why they require more towers.
2006-09-06 18:10:28 · answer #3 · answered by Jen 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Itis for "natural" water pressure. the taller the tower, the more the pressure.
For those at or below ground, it requires a vast amount of energy to pump all that water to the homes,
2006-09-06 18:07:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Probably if the water pipes gets clogged, the water in the water tower would service people with running water.
2006-09-06 18:05:38 · answer #5 · answered by zombiepirate_13 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Water pressure, plain and simple. Water towers act as regulators so that the water pressure remains consistant as it moves through the lines.
2006-09-06 18:07:02 · answer #6 · answered by Wolfeblayde 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
storing water in a tower increases the pressure
2006-09-06 18:04:29 · answer #7 · answered by wheels 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
we used to have one on Kentucky lake that had a stair that wand around to the top
2006-09-06 21:57:57 · answer #8 · answered by HEY boo boo 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋