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How can there be functioning bathrooms in high rises? (self.explainlikeimfive)
submitted 5 months ago by krowbear to c/explainlikeimfive
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It seems like such a huge amount of water and would require so much energy to get it that high, plus there's the waste to deal with

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[–] [email protected] 21 points 5 months ago

How Water Towers Work | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yZwfcMSDBHs | by Practical Engineering

High buildings sometimes have their higher floors above the height level that the water pressure from the water supply of a town can reach.

Those buildings then use pumps in the cellar to either pump the water to a tank on the highest floor and let it fall down again to the floors or to pump the water to the floors directly.