California's Garden Fountain Analysis and Results

California's Garden Fountain Analysis and Results The very first US city to implement a tax on sugary drinks was Berkley, California in February 2014. The purpose is to have individuals drinking more water and other natural beverages by raising the price of soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks. Research was conducted to ensure that people of all races and economic classes had access to clean, working drinking fountains. Information on the city’s drinking water fountains were assembled using a GPS created specifically for the research. This information was cross-referenced with demographic records on race and income obtained from the US Census Community Study database. By cross-referencing the water fountain sites with the demographic information, they were in a position to determine whether access to working fountains was class reliant. The study was able to establish the demographics of areas with water fountains, also observing whether the state of the fountains was better or worse in lower class neighborhoods. While the bulk of the fountains were in working order, an appalling number were found to be in a bad state of repairs.

Early Water Supply Techniques in The City Of Rome

Early Water Supply Techniques in The City Of Rome Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct founded in Rome, started off delivering the men and women living in the hills with water in 273 BC, though they had relied on natural springs up until then. Outside of these aqueducts and springs, wells and rainwater-collecting cisterns were the sole technologies obtainable at the time to supply water to spots of higher elevation. Starting in the sixteenth century, a brand new system was introduced, using Acqua Vergine’s subterranean sections to provide water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were built at standard intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. Even though they were initially manufactured to make it possible to service the aqueduct, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi started out using the manholes to collect water from the channel, commencing when he acquired the property in 1543. The cistern he had made to collect rainwater wasn’t sufficient to meet his water demands. To provide himself with a more practical means to gather water, he had one of the manholes opened, offering him access to the aqueduct below his residence.