Sorry I missed this. No that is called a standpipe. It is about as worthless as mammary glands on a boar hog. At least the little “bubble” on top of the towers supplies a little water. A stand pipe has to be tall enough to get the pressure the city wants. (2.31’ = 1PSI) So 115’ tower gives 50 PSI, but delivers very little water. Every time the top 10’ is drained down, the pump(s) have to cycle again.
If it had a CSV it would only need an 80 gallon bladder tank to supply the entire city. You wouldn’t see the little tank, the city would not have had to spend $200,000 on that standpipe, the pumps would not be cycling and would last much longer, the city would have constant pressure, which would eliminate line breaks and save a lot of water and save more money.
But the people who make towers and standpipes would be out of a job. They wouldn’t need construction crews to fix broken lines or engineers to design crappy systems. When the CSV takes that kind of money out of construction and maintenance of a water system, there is a lot of resistance. You would think it would be the other way around.
I had one city water manager tell me, “boy, don’t you know water towers and standpipes are where our pressure comes from?” Since pressure comes from the pumps and the water wouldn’t even be able to get up the water tower without a pump, I realized I couldn’t fix stupid, said thanks for your time, and just walked away.