Hidden Epidemic

[EVILYOSHIDA]

assuming the water is constantly flowing it shouldn't be a problem

they really should have one big centralized tank to distribute water to many buildings

[jho]

(01-23-2021 12:12 PM)EVILYOSHIDA Wrote:  assuming the water is constantly flowing it shouldn't be a problem

they really should have one big centralized tank to distribute water to many buildings

Chicago and New York are the only cities that use rooftop water tanks, IIRC.

Chicago has phased many of them out in favor of electric pumps.

https://archive.is/nhq3h#selection-683.0-683.357

Quote:Younger cities often rely on electric pumps to supply water to skyscrapers, but New York’s aged infrastructure, built on shallow bedrock that results in extremely low water pressure, doesn’t allow that technology. Architects outside New York may not even think of using a rooftop tank to hold a building’s water supply, and if they did, who would build it?