How Does Water Come Out of the Tap? Explained for Kids

You turn the tap, and water just appears.

It feels like it was waiting behind the wall.

But where was it one second before?

And why does the toilet suddenly refill after you flush?

The water isn’t being made inside your house.

It is moving through hidden pipes, gates, pressure, and gravity.

And the more you follow it, the less it feels like magic.

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