How did the Romans meet their needs for frsehwater?

Answer 1

The Romans built aqueducts because they needed water. The first aqueduct (the Aqua Appia) was built in 312 BC because with a growing population, Rome needed to bring water from the nearby mountains. As city of Rome continued to grow and her need for water continued to increase, it eventually had 11 aqueducts.

Aqueducts were built throughout the empire, again, to take water to where it was needed.

The word aqueduct comes from aqua, the Latin for water.

In addition, remember that an aqueduct is a water pipe. The Romans had to build them not only for health reasons ( no one wanted to drink the polluted water from the Tiber) but also for sewerage, the baths, and later, the naval events in the Colosseum and for filling and maintaining the artificial lakes and ponds in Rome's public gardens. As the empire depended upon farming for its food supply, some aqueducts were also used for irrigation purpose.