[[Fasciculus:TrierPetrisbergWasserbandWasserturmH2c.jpg|thumb|upright=0.6|Illuminata turris aquaria [[Petrisberg]]{{dubsig}} in regione [[Augusta Treverorum|Augustae Treverorum]] sita.]]
'''Turris aquariusaquaria''' est [[aedificium]] editum quod [[lacus aquarius|lacum aquarium]]<!--?water tank--> fulcit usque ad [[altitudo|altitudinem]] ad [[systema aquae distribuendae]] constructam cuius [[pressura]] satis ad [[aqua potabilis|aquam potabilem]] distribuedamdistribuendam, et ad copiam [[aqua]]e [[siphonarius|siphonariis]] praebendam sit.<ref>Marcis Kempe, [http://www.mwra.com/04water/html/historypaper/kempe-historypaper-all.pdf "New England Water Supplies: A Brief History,"] ''NEWWA Journal,'' September 2006: 96–99.</ref> Turres aquariae saepe cum [[lacus ministrandi|lacubus ministrandi]]<!--?service reservoirs--> subterraneis aut superficialibus operantur, qui aquam purificatam prope loca ubi adhibebitur condunt.<ref>William Kinnimond Burton, [https://books.google.com/books?id=i9dAAAAAIAAJ&dq=Waterworks+water+tower+design+and+location&pg=PA127#v=onepage&q&f=false ''The Water Supply of Towns and the Construction of Waterworks: A Practical Treatise for the Use of Engineers and Students of Engineering''] (Lockwood: 14 Martii 1894) via Google Books.</ref> Alia turrium aquariarum genera solum aquam non potabilem condunt, vigilibus aut [[industria|officinis]] reservatam, et non necessarie cum publica copia aquaria coniunctam.
