EditorialSam LaMontanaro, director of engineering for Aufgang Architects, in a bike room in Hell’s Kitchen, Jan. 31, 2023. (Karsten Moran/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Smeaton's water pressure engine, elevations and sections of valve, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1812.
EditorialLindsey Riordan, a senior at the University of Arizona who lives at Sol Y Luna in Tucson, Ariz., at home on Sept. 22, 2021. (Rebecca Noble/The New York Times)
EditorialRandy Calazans of OneCall Plumbing, checks the water pressure in a customer’s home, in Houston, Feb. 18, 2021. (Mark Felix/The New York Times)
EditorialPatients are loaded into ambulances at St. David's South Austin Medical Center, which was forced to move some patients after losing water pressure and heat, in Austin, Texas, Feb. 17, 2021. (Ilana Panich-Linsman/The New York Times)
EditorialJohn Smeaton's water pressure engine, elevations and sections of valve, 18th century. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry after an illustration by J. Farey from Abraham Rees' "Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary," London, 1812.