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====== Water Towers ======

AOFS Water Towers provide **validated reference designs** for gravity-fed water storage and distribution systems within AOFS-compliant farms.  

This page organizes the available water tower reference blueprints and provides guidance on their use.

===== Purpose =====

  * Centralized reference location for AOFS Water Tower designs  
  * Facilitates reproducible construction in off-grid or low-resource environments  
  * Demonstrates safe and operationally robust water storage solutions  
  * Serves as a training and deployment reference for smallholder, commercial, or NGO farms  

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===== Water Tower Reference Blueprints =====

The following reference designs are documented under AOFS:

  * [[reference_implementations:water_towers:wt_5m_brick]] – Locally-built masonry tower with 5,000 L capacity  
  * [[reference_implementations:infrastructure:water_towers:wt_8m_steel]] – Locally-built steel tower with 5,000 L capacity
  * [[reference_implementations:infrastructure:water_towers:wt_10m_concrete]] – Locally-built concrete tower with 50,000 L capacity

Each blueprint page includes:

    * Functional purpose and intended deployment context  
    * Structural design and construction notes  
    * Hydraulic layout and pipe integration  
    * Safety considerations and failure modes  
    * Manual operation and bypass pathways  
    * Integration points with AOFS Field Controllers  

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===== Usage Guidance =====

  * Reference designs are **non-normative**. Compliance with AOFS is determined by adherence to control, safety, and data standards, **not replication of physical structures**.  
  * Local engineering approval and adherence to building codes remain the responsibility of the implementing entity.  
  * Designers and farmers may adapt materials, dimensions, or construction methods to suit local resources and regulations, provided the functional and safety principles are maintained.
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