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  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  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. Water distribution system - Wikipedia

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    The space within the large column below the water tank can be used for other purposes such as multi-story office space and storage space. A main concern for using water towers in the water distribution system is the aesthetic of the area. [11] [12] Standpipe: A water tank that is a combination of ground storage tank and water tower. It is ...

  6. Could balloon-like water tanks help fight L.A.'s fires? A new ...

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    The water is stored in balloon-like inflatable tanks the company calls Water Trees, which stand 39 feet tall and resemble giant onions, each contained in a durable plastic membrane held secure by ...

  7. Tankhouse - Wikipedia

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    A tankhouse (also spelled tank house or tank-house) is a water tower enclosed by siding. Tankhouses were part of a self-contained domestic water system supplying the house and garden, developed before the advent of electricity and municipal water mains. The system consisted of a windmill, a hand-dug well and the tankhouse.