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<br /> <br /> <br />"IDOAY WI::: TAKE tOR GRANTED a.JR SUPPLY tX SAFE <br />WATE.R AT OUR ~INGERTJPS, BUT IT WOULD ~vE' <br />BEEN A DII=~E"RE.NT STORY ~AD WE UVED IN AN <br />EARLIER PERIOD IN MANS I...HSTORy... <br /> <br /> <br />, <br />\ f , <br /> <br />. ',\', . <br />C-,",:, ';.", <br />u-'~ ,I.. <br />. ;;'~i"'''' <br /> <br />-~~~~~ <br /> <br />ANCIENT M4N j..IAD'TO SCOOP HIS <br />WATE.R F'ROV\ SPf,;?INGS AND <br />91"REAMS, INSTlNCTIVELY P1CKIN6 <br />ONLY l'l-4OSE PLAC.f:S WHERE <br />ANIMALS DRANK.AS A SOURCE <br />~ ~E WATER. <br /> <br />TJ.4E I='IRST "PUBUC WATER'SVSTEMS" WERE' <br />WE.LLS. ~15TOC'Y1'RACE$"TI-IEM l\.l~ TI-lE" <br />AGES...1l-lEY WERE USED IN PERSIA PALES- <br />TINE, INDIA, AND CHINA BEFOJ?E Tl-lE <br />CI-lRISTIAN ERA. PERSIAN WE:LLS REACI-tE"D <br />DEPnlS a: BOTO 3OOF'T~D ONE IN CI-lINA <br />IS SAID TO ~VE REAC~ED 1,500 F'T. DEEP. <br /> <br /> <br />ANCIENT~I~E OVER 'NATER 15 F'ClUND <br />IN GENESIS (21:'30) WI-IERE WE I=IND <br />A8RA~ SAID1t) ABIMELECH IN A <br />DtSPUTE OJER A WELL '~ESE SEVEN <br />~E lAMBS $.lALT TI-lCOIA\<E OF MY <br />HAND.~TlHEYMW BE AWilNESS ~~ <br />1t)/IIIE. ~I lJAVE DlGGED 11-115 WELL:" <br /> <br />SOME CENTURIES LAlER I4EZEKIA(< "MADE <br />A PCOl AND A CONDUIT AND BROIJGI-IT W\'TER <br />INTO "'THE erN or: JEI?USAl.EM"'(IiKINGS2020} <br />1\..IlS lRANSR)RTATIONa:WATER BY PiPELINE. <br />WAS A MAJOR STEP ~ORwARO IN PUBLIC <br />WATERSUPPLV. <br /> <br />~E ANCIENT ROMANS <br />BUILT NOTABLE WI\rER <br />S'lSTEMS, SOME PAI<TS <br />ex:- \M.l.1C~ARE. SnLLIN <br />USE.. WATER,WAS <br />BRO.X;&.rr BY GRAVITY <br />FRCM MOUNT.oJH'5PRING.S <br />Ti-l1<ClJGl.l~T AQUE- <br />OIJCl'S.l'O""ll4E cmES. <br />C~OSSING VAlLEY'5ON <br />IMPO$lN&STa.lE ARCHES. <br />ElJT IT WASNOTUffiL ll-lE <br />lMIENTION OFSTrA.'^PuMPs <br />l\-tAT WATER ~YSTEM'3 <br />AS WE: KNOW'1\-lEM <br />WERE. BuiLT. <br /> <br /> <br />.. <br /> <br />