Health Upgraders

The Water Delivery Company makes it easier for homes and businesses to get a steady supply of water, that moreover they can be sure will be fresh, clean and tasty. The Romans were not so fortunate as to have a water delivery company. What they did however install, were the first ever aqueducts- a relatively sophisticated system that provided a constant supply of water to centrally located areas. This was not like the modern system which delivers water on demand to individual connections. As (for the Romans) access points were generally located outside households, the Romans spent a great deal of time outside their homes in shops, streets, and baths. This made for a vibrant and buzzing city life. At the end of the first century AD, Julius Frontius was the water commissioner of Rome and gained a reputation as one of the most famous Roman engineers, declaring that the nature of Rome’s systems far outweighed the artistic achievements of the Greeks. Frontius did not hold beauty in high esteem, but favoured functionality above all else. Before the famous aqueducts, the Romans turned to the Tiber River, local springs and shallow wells for drinking water. It was because these became polluted that there was need for a better system. thus, the aqueduct was born in 312BC.