Many advancements in current scientific knowledge evolved                                                                              from Ancient Greece and has impacted our modern use of                                                                                  water.  Most of the inventions and ideas created by the Greeks                                                                            were then brought to life by the Romans.

 

                                                                         The water wheel was one of the most substantial inventions                                                                                created by the Greeks.  Although historians are not sure exactly                                                                          when water wheels were first introduced, they do know that                                                                              they were used in Ancient Greece several centuries B.C. (Before                                                                          Christ).  Water wheels were also used in Ancient Rome and                                                                                  Ancient China. Water wheels were usually made from wood or metal, and had buckets or paddles arranged around the outside rim of the wheel, to pick up and collect water.  They were used widely across Europe throughout the Middle Ages, mostly to power large machinery.  Some of these machines helped to, power mills that ground grains to make flour, machines that crushed rock, and hammered flax seed to make paper.

 

In deed, Aqueducts were invented in Rome, Italy, but they were also used in Ancient Greece throughout the Middle Ages.  Aqueducts transported water from one large body of water to a location that did not normally receive sufficient water, to meet basic human needs.  Aqueducts look like a bridge and are supported by tall columns across a valley.  Pipes, ditches, canals, and tunnels, took the place of Aqueducts in modern day.  Early models of Aqueducts were made from clay tiles and sometimes pipes that channeled water short distances.    

 

The Greeks were highly advanced in the way they used water resources, especially in urban areas. Some of the places the Greeks showed superior development included: groundwater exploitation, water transportation, stormwater and wastewater sewerage systems, construction, flood protection, fountains, baths, recreational, and sanitary objects.

 

Today we use many of the inventions first created in Ancient Greece.  Many of the ideas thought of by the Greeks were then improved and made more functional or efficient throughout the years.  With the new knowledge base and technology, their inventions are made to work the best possible today.  In the future the inventions will continue to improve.  The water wheel is one of the most obvious inventions that we use today.  Water wheels provided mechanical energy in the times of Ancient Greece.  Of course today, we have alternate options for mechanical energy, but the idea was formed because of our prior knowledge on water wheels.  Most of the other inventions created by the Greeks were improved and altered to make them the way they are today.  Aqueducts were transformed from large contraptions, to pipes that run under the ground.  Inventions are created and then future generations improve them, this is why our world is full of ever changing technology.