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WATERTOWER

WATERTOWER. by Carolin Schuster and Madeleine Kleine. Structure. Definition Construction of a watertower How it works Backpressure- and Passbowl Usage and history / early - today Example: Watertower in Mannheim. Definition. Building like a tower Cistern ( often underground )

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WATERTOWER

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  1. WATERTOWER by Carolin Schuster and Madeleine Kleine

  2. Structure • Definition • Construction of a watertower • How it works • Backpressure- and Passbowl • Usage and history / early - today • Example: Watertower in Mannheim

  3. Definition • Building like a tower • Cistern ( often underground ) • Care for the water supply • Principle discovered in the Middle Ages • Global spreading over many centuries

  4. Construction • Lots of watertowers differ in many ways • Industrial watertowers maded steel • City watertowers as decoration

  5. Construction • In order to balance our water supply • Low use of drinking- water = watertower fills itself • High use of drinking-water = watertower empties itself

  6. How it works • Without it, the watertower can not exist • Down close and associate construction • Air pressure and gravity are constant • Non accepter is allowed to be higher as the highest feeding-in-point of the watertower

  7. Backpressure bowl • Water runs to the watertower at night when energy is cheaper • Water runs to the users at day when energy is more expensive • Advantage: possibility to reserve water, can help shortages in supply

  8. Passbowl • Watertowers working with passbowls • 1. Pumping up the water into the watertower • 2. Running to users

  9. Use and History • Early: architactural requests because of the appearance • Today: steel frame in industry • Conversion: • Restaurant, look-out, television-tower

  10. Watertower of Mannheim • 1889 built following a competition • Elevator tank • Save drinking-water and water supply for users • 60 metres high • Since the year 2000 not anymore part of the general watersupply

  11. The End! Thank you for listening!

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