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URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE: A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE


                                URBAN WATER INFRASTRUCTURE                1.11

                   Aqueduct

                                     Castellum

             Head                                           Water        Head
             18 m                                           tower  Domestic  6 m
                                                                   supply






             FIGURE 1.5 Functional components of a Roman urban water distribution system based upon
             the Pompeii system. (Hodge, 1992)







































             FIGURE 1.6 Central Arizona Project (CAP) aqueduct through a residential area in Scottsdale,
             Arizona. (Courtesy of Central Arizona Project)








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