Rome’s First Water Delivery Solutions

Rome’s First Water Delivery Solutions Aqua Anio Vetus, the first raised aqueduct founded in Rome, began delivering the men and women living in the hills with water in 273 BC, even though they had counted on natural springs up until then.

If citizens living at higher elevations did not have accessibility to springs or the aqueduct, they’d have to count on the remaining existing technologies of the time, cisterns that accumulated rainwater from the sky and subterranean wells that received the water from under ground. In the early 16th century, the city began to make use of the water that ran underground through Acqua Vergine to deliver water to Pincian Hill. Pozzi, or manholes, were constructed at regular intervals along the aqueduct’s channel. During the some 9 years he owned the residential property, from 1543 to 1552, Cardinal Marcello Crescenzi made use of these manholes to take water from the channel in buckets, though they were previously built for the objective of cleaning and servicing the aqueduct. Reportedly, the rainwater cistern on his property wasn’t enough to meet his needs. Via an orifice to the aqueduct that flowed below his property, he was set to fulfill his water needs.

California's Water Fountain Study and Results

California's Water Fountain Study and Results In February 2014, a tax on sugar-sweetened beverages was passed in Berkley, CA, making it the first city in the United States to introduce such a law. The objective is to get men and women drinking more water and other natural drinks by elevating the price tag of soda and other sugar-sweetened drinks. First, the city conducted research to examine whether people had easy access to functioning drinking water fountains. Through content gathered by a mobile GPS app, professionals were able to establish the condition of existing water fountains in Berkley. Researchers then used US Census data to find out even more about the economic and racial factors that affected the city. The 2 data sets were reviewed to figure out what class differences, if any, there were in access to working water fountains. The research was able to establish the demographics of areas with water fountains, also observing whether the condition of the fountains was greater or inferior in lower class neighborhoods. Some of the water fountains were dirty or blocked, despite the fact that most fountains worked.