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How can there be functioning bathrooms in high rises?
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Plumber here. Unless we're talking about sky scrapers the grid pressure is generally enough to lift the water to the top floors. As long as it's lower than the city water tower there's no issue. If it's a flat terrain or the building is on a hill then yes, you might need a pump to boost the pressure. Sewage on the other hand is not an issue - gravity takes care of that.
Can you recover energy on the way back down?
Hydro-excrement energy
You're a fucking genius
Finally, "shit-ton" would be a legit word. "This high rise produces 8 shit-tons of energy per month!"
(...considering when fuck-ton will have its day as well..)
How do you think sex toys get charged up?
Pump and dump.
Classic sewage turbine.
I guess you could but probably wouldn't be worth the cost of such system.