Editing Water tower (section)

== Decoration and Traditions ==
[[File:Water tower at University of South Florida.jpg|thumb|A water tower at the [[University of South Florida]]. It is university tradition to light the white canvas of the tower in green lights after winning athletic events.]]

Water towers can be surrounded by ornate coverings including fancy [[brickwork]], a large [[ivy]]-covered [[Trellis (agriculture)|trellis]] or they can be simply painted. Some city water towers have the name of the city painted in large letters on the roof, as a [[navigation]]al aid to [[aviator]]s and [[motorists]]. Sometimes the decoration can be humorous. An example of this are water towers built side by side, labeled ''HOT'' and ''COLD''. Cities in the United States possessing side-by-side water towers labeled HOT and COLD include [[Granger, Iowa]]; [[Canton, Kansas]]; [[Pratt, Kansas]], and [[St. Clair, Missouri]]. [[Eveleth, Minnesota]] at one time had two such towers, but no longer does.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ohiobarns.com/othersites/watertowers/mn/23-69hotcold.html |title=Hot and Cold Water Tower |publisher=Ohiobarns.com |access-date=14 June 2013}}</ref>

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Many small towns in the United States use their water towers to advertise local tourism, their local high school sports teams, or other locally notable facts.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://home.comcast.net/~radiojeep/WaterTowers/|title=Water tower slogans.|website=Comcast|access-date=2018-03-14}}</ref> A "mushroom" water tower was built in [[Örebro]], Sweden and holds almost two million gallons of water.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6NKgGccPRF0C&q=mushroom+water+tower&pg=PA162|title=A mushroom water tower|magazine=New Scientist|volume=11|number=244|page=162|date=20 July 1961|issn=0262-4079|publisher=Reed Business Information|access-date=2018-03-14}}{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>