What are the advantages/disadvantages of using water towers?

Subject: What are the advantages/disadvantages of using water towers?

Date: Sat Apr 11 21:25:23 1998
Posted by Matthew Nee
Grade level: grad (non-science)
School: Ohio Northern University
City: Ada State/Province: OH
Country: USA
Area of science: Engineering
ID: 892347923.Eg

Message:


I have been told that water towers are used to keep water pressure in 
the pipelines so faucets will "run."  But considering the energy 
needed to raise the water to the height of a water tower, isn't the 
use of gravity for this purpose negated?  Why not use pumps to 
maintain the water pressure rather than to raise the water to an 
artificial height?

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