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The purpose of a water tower is to maintain constant water pressure in a water distribution system.
so people can have running water i there house

The above is true, but there is more to the story.

Water towers function as storage cisterns for water and also serve to equalize water pressure between times of heavy and light usage.

Water could be sent directly to homes and factories using pumps, but this would result in large differences in pressure during times of fluctuating useage since the pumps would be unable to compensate quickly for the increased/decreased demand.

The water tower serves as a buffer zone, supplying water at exactly the same pressure (gravitational pull, which is constant) throughout the day regardless of useage, and the pumps can easily respond to lower levels as needed

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