What are water towers used for and how do they work?
Water towers are used to store treated water to help to meet peak customer demands and to balance the load on the pumping plants from peaks and valleys of customer usage. The pressure from the water pumps pushes the water up into the water towers. When customers use more water than is being pumped from the plants, the water flows from the towers into the system to help satisfy the demand. If customers are using less water than is being pumped from the plants the excess pumped water refills the towers. 7. Where is the water meter and how often is it read? For most homes the water meter is in the basement or crawlspace usually along the front wall facing the street. If your home does not have a basement then it is either in a meter pit in front of the house or in cabinet or near the water heater where the line comes up through the floor slab. Most houses have a remote reading meter where a display unit is wired up to the meter and mounted outside the house to allow the meter to be read f
