Buza Péter: Spring and Fountains - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1994)

Water reached every building, the pools of public and private baths as well as the slaughterhouses, and after its use in these buildings it was utilised once again. Refuse water and the water overflowing the cisterns of public wells washed away the dirt of the city, carrying down the conduits all the filth of the streets and the latrines, the waste of the workshops and market halls. What made all this possible was something built with great engineering invention and operated with perfect co-ordination-a five-kilometre, pylon-supported aqueduct. This complex, yet clearly laid-out network relied for its water supply on the plentiful springs welling up in the region today called Római fürdő [Roman Baths], What we are talking about is the use of an elaborate system of tapped springs equipped with catchment basins or even with protecting works. In both private courtyards and public spaces the Romans had a tendency of installing ornamental fountains to delight themselves with the sight of these sculptures demonstrating the playful beauty of water.

Of course, it was not only the Proconsul’s palace that

Water harnessed for human use reached every house in roman Aquincum

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