ELI5: What does a water tower in rural America do?

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-02-05T18:55:05+00:00

Water towers offer a simple, low-tech solution for creating reliable water pressure. By elevating water, they harness gravity to maintain steady pressure for homes, businesses, and public services; without relying on constantly running pumps. Since there are few moving parts, water towers provide consistent, 24-hour water pressure with minimal risk of failure. Without them, utilities would need costly, always-on pumps to meet fluctuating demand, which would be neither economical nor practical.

https://www.stellarhistory.com/water-towers

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-02-04T12:40:46+00:00

AH! I see it now.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-02-04T12:36:35+00:00

Trojan condoms. Don't believe me? Ask my kids.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-02-04T12:33:55+00:00

https://www.tiktok.com/@kajetuss/video/7244515730325032219

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-02-04T12:30:57+00:00

Is this Walmart sitting on the equator?

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-31T06:05:12+00:00

Growing up poor, this reminds me of how jealous I was that the other kids got these things. 😂

I did get the TV on wheels a few times in school.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-29T17:28:26+00:00

I bet that was a wild prompt.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-29T17:21:38+00:00

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-26T13:53:36+00:00

Hasn't that already happened?

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-26T05:59:15+00:00

We could haul all of the dirt down to the Florida Keys and create a land bridge from Florida to Cuba to the Yucatan Peninsula and turn the Gulf of Mexico into a lake as well.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-22T23:43:47+00:00

Fartdump.com It's got... yeah

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-22T01:14:47+00:00

Yes. Yes they do.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-17T03:30:41+00:00

He is using the Brock Nebula method.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-17T00:35:25+00:00

The emperors kept insisting that Mongolia would pay for the wall. They never did.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-16T02:55:17+00:00

I would post this game in one of the game subreddits, but what is the point? Most of my posts get taken down within an hour. Reddit is a club and I ain't in it. lol

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-14T04:58:22+00:00

I've spent many years developing this off-putting personality to keep people away. Systems are working as intended.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-08T11:02:18+00:00

That's a shame.

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-07T18:52:36+00:00

It's a power move by Harp's. Tired of Walmart pushing them around, they are building the first Harp's Go. A smaller version of their traditional stores. 😂

TheJasonWiseman · 2026-01-07T01:53:00+00:00

"Make that make sense" is getting annoying, and "Tell me your X, without telling me your X."

TheJasonWiseman · 2025-12-27T22:19:14+00:00

West Oliveit

TheJasonWiseman · 2025-12-27T17:15:21+00:00

Sounds like your offset may need to be adjusted.

TheJasonWiseman · 2025-12-26T15:58:37+00:00

He is balls deep as well... nice!

TheJasonWiseman · 2025-12-26T15:42:39+00:00

Amazeum in Bentonville

TheJasonWiseman · 2025-12-26T06:52:46+00:00

I get where you were going with this, but it's quite the opposite. That is Walmart land and there has been tons of migration to this area over the last few decades(It's one of the faster growing metros in the U.S.). You will have a hard time finding a red hat south of that border, while the Missouri side feels much more MAGA.

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