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Bicycle Bob · 12-12-2009, 08:05 PM

Water towers are only tall enough to generate the desired working pressure for sprinklers, etc. There would be no point in pumping water to a higher tower and then recovering some of the pump power with a turbine.

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Bicycle Bob EcoModding Apprentice Join Date: May 2008 Location: N. Saskatchewan, CA Posts: 1,805 Appliance White - '93 Geo Metro 4-Dr. Auto Last 3: 42.35 mpg (US) Stealth RV - '91 Chevy Sprint Base Thanks: 91 Thanked 460 Times in 328 Posts	Water towers are only tall enough to generate the desired working pressure for sprinklers, etc. There would be no point in pumping water to a higher tower and then recovering some of the pump power with a turbine.