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Old 01-16-2012, 11:29 PM
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Originally Posted by homeball View Post
Tall water towers are necessary to generate the necessary water pressure via the law of gravity. A tower 70 ft tall will generate at least 30 psi of discharge pressure. A so called water tower of no significant height off the ground would generate very little pressure and be of no practical use. That's why we have numerous tall towers around TV.
Well, explain to me why the well at the intersection of Morse and Bonita as well as the well near Bonifay have no tall towers? Just a different method of storing water at a high point for distribution to lower points.