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Most water towers are built with two purposes in mind. One is to provide a storage facility for potable water, the other is to provide water pressure for the system. As such, the towers are typically always 'releasing' water. There are normally a couple of one way valves to insure there is no 'backwash' to contaminate the water in the tower, but the tank is providing pressure in much the same way as the tank of a toilet.
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∙ 17y ago
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∙ 12y ago1). When they're on the ground, they're called water "tanks", not "towers".
2). Water 'tanks' are used to store water until it's needed. Water 'towers' also
do that, but in addition, they deliver the water with pressure behind it, since the
water starts out at some height, and falls to the place where it's used.
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∙ 13y agoyes... usually just in the "bowl" at the top...
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∙ 13y agowater towers vary in size, there is no standard volume
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∙ 12y agoThey have legs or the water tower itself will hold it up. It just depends where you are because there are many different types of water towers.
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∙ 13y agoIf well maintained, a water tower will last fifty years, possibly 75 - though that's stretching it.
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