Why are aqueducts important to society?

Fresh, clean water is not in sufficient supply where large numbers of people live. Also, the amount of water on fertile land may not be enough to grow crops, or to sustain them through a drought. Aqueducts allow us to bring water from where it is ... read more

New York City gets all its water fresh from upstate through major underground aqueducts. In short, for thousands of years,, aqueducts have been essential so that people in cities have fresh water and so that we can grow the crops to feed ourselves. read more

The major purpose of an aqueduct was to deliver water to the people in the towns. In the days before the aqueducts water was furnished by a local stream and/or wells. Sometimes rain water was collected in underground reservoirs (the so called cisterns). read more