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  2. Water tower - Wikipedia

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    Beaumont St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Water Tank (1875, restored 2012), Beaumont, Kansas, US. Although the use of elevated water storage tanks has existed since ancient times in various forms, the modern use of water towers for pressurized public water systems developed during the mid-19th century, as steam-pumping became more common, and better pipes that could handle higher pressures ...

  3. ‘It’s shameful’: Houston homeowners in limbo after public ...

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    Two sets of Houston homeowners have been left high and dry after a municipal water tank exploded behind their homes, unleashing thousands of gallons of water that tore down an eight-foot fence and ...

  4. Rooftop water tower - Wikipedia

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    Rooftop water towers atop apartment buildings on East 57th Street in New York City showing differing kinds of tank A highrise residential building with integrated water tank in Bremerhaven, Germany. A rooftop water tower is a variant of a water tower, consisting of a water container placed on the roof of a tall building. This structure supplies ...

  5. Cuyuna Iron Range Municipally-Owned Elevated Metal Water Tanks

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    The Cuyuna Iron Range Municipally-Owned Elevated Metal Water Tanks are a group of five water towers within the Cuyuna Range in Crow Wing County, Minnesota.The water tanks, built between 1912 and 1918, were listed on the National Register of Historic Places because they represent the historical period of community planning, public works, and engineering that supported the development of the ...

  6. Water tank - Wikipedia

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    An elevated water tank, also known as a water tower, will create a pressure at the ground-level outlet of 1 kPa per 10.2 centimetres (4.0 in) or 1 psi per 2.31 feet (0.70 m) of elevation. Thus a tank elevated to 20 metres creates about 200 kPa and a tank elevated to 70 feet creates about 30 psi of discharge pressure, sufficient for most ...

  7. Cistern - Wikipedia

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    The modern toilet utilises a cistern to reserve and hold the correct amount of water required to flush the toilet bowl. In earlier toilets, the cistern was located high above the toilet bowl and connected to it by a long pipe. It was necessary to pull a hanging chain connected to a release valve located inside the cistern in order to flush the ...

  8. Water supply network - Wikipedia

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    The water is typically pressurised by pumping the water into storage tanks constructed at the highest local point in the network. One network may have several such service reservoirs. In small domestic systems, the water may be pressurised by a pressure vessel or even by an underground cistern (the latter however does need additional pressurizing).

  9. Public water system - Wikipedia

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    The US Safe Drinking Water Act and derivative legislation define a "public water system" as an entity that provides "water for human consumption through pipes or other constructed conveyances to at least 15 service connections or serves an average of at least 25 people for at least 60 days a year."

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