Water Tower

How does water in a water tower get stored in it?and how does it get in there?

It makes no sense because wouldn’t the pressure of the water break the tower.

The water in a water tower is not pressurized.The tank is vented and the water is at atmospheric pressure, so the only forces the tower and the tank have to be designed for is the weight of the steel and the water weight.
The water is pumped into the tank during low usage times, such as at night, and it is pumped in from the regular water system.
When the regular water system water pressure gets low needs more water they just open a valve and the water flows from the tank into the system by gravity. The water flowing from the tank is pressurized by the weight of the water standing above the grade of the tank. If the tank is located 100 feet above the ground the water at the base of the tower would be pressuried to 100 ft x .433 psi per foot = 43.33 psi.

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