▲ 82 ▼ How can there be functioning bathrooms in high rises? (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by krowbear@lemmy.world to c/explainlikeimfive@lemmy.world 28 comments fedilink hide all child comments It seems like such a huge amount of water and would require so much energy to get it that high, plus there's the waste to deal with
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 5 points 2 years ago (3 children) It still has to pump it the elevation though? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago Yes. Take New York for example. It is my understanding that New York's municipal water system has enough pressure to pump water 5 stories high, so many of the relatively smaller buildings have large wooden water tanks on their roofs to keep that building's water pressure relatively constant even during peak demand times. Larger buildings are responsible for pumping their own water hundreds of feet into the air. permalink fedilink source parent [–] general_kitten@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 years ago Yes permalink fedilink source parent [–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, but multiple tanks throughout the building means they don’t have to pump all the water all the way to the top. They only need to pump the water for the highest floors to the top. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Ah, thanks for the clarification. That makes a lot of sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] captain_aggravated@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 years ago Yes. Take New York for example. It is my understanding that New York's municipal water system has enough pressure to pump water 5 stories high, so many of the relatively smaller buildings have large wooden water tanks on their roofs to keep that building's water pressure relatively constant even during peak demand times. Larger buildings are responsible for pumping their own water hundreds of feet into the air. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jqubed@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 child) Yes, but multiple tanks throughout the building means they don’t have to pump all the water all the way to the top. They only need to pump the water for the highest floors to the top. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Ah, thanks for the clarification. That makes a lot of sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] BearOfaTime@lemm.ee 3 points 2 years ago Ah, thanks for the clarification. That makes a lot of sense. permalink fedilink source parent