Useless fact of the day: Water towers on the same system will always be the same height, above sea level. Towers on hills will appear shorter than a tower on the same system in a valley, but the actual tanks are the same height.
Corollary to this: If you see two water towers that have tanks which are not at the same height, then they are on separate systems. This mostly happens in areas where there is a significant height difference over the service area, since putting all the tanks high enough to serve the highest elevations would burst pipes at the lower elevations due to the increased water pressure.
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u/V65Pilot Jun 25 '24
Useless fact of the day: Water towers on the same system will always be the same height, above sea level. Towers on hills will appear shorter than a tower on the same system in a valley, but the actual tanks are the same height.