How did the Aztec build their aqueducts?
The Aztec capital city had huge gardens that needed to be sustained with huge amounts of water. The workers and civilians also needed a sustainable amount of drinking water, and although they lived in the middle of a lake, the Aztecs had a good hygiene, so the salty lake water was not healthy enough for them. Tenochtitlan, the capital city of the Aztecs had one main aqueduct that ran twenty miles. It flowed in two channels, one being cleaned and maintained, and one to keep a constant flow of water. It flowed into public fountains where it was then delivered in clay pots to the workers and civilians. Other water flowed past the city to a great palace with huge botanical gardens containing the most exotic flowers and plants in the area. This was the king's palace. The water flowed onto water pools where the water flow could maintained by 'turning' the water flow on and off. It then flowed around a large hill, pouring off rock cut waterfalls to water the gardens of the kings temple. The rest of the water poured into an almost perfectly rock cut circle called the kings bath. The king bathed twice daily in this luxury bath, which was nicer than most baths today. The Aztecs built very sophisticated aqueducts, that could fit their needs at any time.