AQUEDUCTS AND URBAN WATER SUPPLY
HISTORY IN THE MIDDLE EAST Livius.org Science-frontiers.org
GREEK SYSTEMS Livescience.com
ROMAN SYSTEM Britannica.com
URBAN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK Thehistoryblog.com
FOUNTAINS tripadvisor.com Telegraph.co.uk
DISCUSSION QUESTION “WATER CONDUCTED THROUGH EARTHEN PIPES IS MORE WHOLESOME THAN THAT THROUGH LEAD; INDEED THAT CONVEYED IN LEAD MUST BE INJURIOUS, BECAUSE FROM IT WHITE LEAD IS OBTAINED, AND THIS IS SAID TO BE INJURIOUS TO THE HUMAN SYSTEM. HENCE, IF WHAT IS GENERATED FROM IT IS PERNICIOUS, THERE CAN BE NO DOUBT THAT ITSELF CANNOT BE A WHOLESOME BODY.” –VITRUVIUS GIVEN THE ONGOING FLINT WATER CRISIS, DO YOU THINK THE ROMANS HAD A BETTER SYSTEM THAN WE (OR AT LEAST THE PEOPLE IN FLINT) DO?