A water tower stores water for a town's use.
![A water tower in Gaffney, SC, in the shape of a peach.](https://d9-wret.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/assets/palladium/production/s3fs-public/styles/full_width/public/thumbnails/image/wss-wuse-water-tower-peach.jpg?itok=QZbmahvI)
Detailed Description
One way water is supplied to town residents is for the water department pump water from a reservoir, river, or well into a water tower, which often sits on high points in the town. Then, using gravity, the water flows through pipes all the way to the last house in a far away subdivision.
This image shows the Peachoid, a water tower in Gaffney, South Carolina, that was built and painted to look like a peach.
Sources/Usage
Creative Commons, Wikimedia