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Wood is a better insulator than steel or the other materials that you might use. This is important to keep the water from freezing in the winter or becoming a m

Wood is a better insulator than steel or the other materials that you might use. This is important to keep the water from freezing in the winter or becoming a microbial breeding ground in the summer. Historically, wooden water tanks have also been a lot cheaper than those made of steel or other materials.

gerbilly 8y ago
Of course, the question answers itself: It's cheaper.[1] I guess there's no price you can put on health! (It certainly doesn't seem to count for much in this case.) [1] The Hitch-Hiker's Guide has already supplanted the great Encyclopaedia Galactica as the standard repository of all knowledge and wisdom, for though it has many omissions and contains much that is apocryphal, or at least wildly inaccurate, it scores over the older, more pedestrian work [...] it is slightly cheaper