In the ancient Rome, people also had water just like us. The water was transported by huge structures of stone, brick and special volcanic cement, which held the water and brought it from the hills to the city.
Rome had 11 major aqueducts, which supplied Rome for over 500 years. The Romans had built the first aqueduct in 312 B.C., and they called it Aqua Appia, while the last one was called Aqua Alexandrina, and it was built in 226 A.D.
The aqueducts, together they could give well over one million cubic meters of water per day, and when the population was over a million, each inhabitant could get one cubic meter of water per day, which is more than what we usually use nowadays.
All of the aqueducts were built between 312 B.C. and 226 A.D. Rome had 11 major aqueducts. The longest one was called Anio Novus (which means New Year), and it was 59 miles long. The aqueducts were built by slaves. They used stone, brick and special volcanic cement, making such strong structures that some still stand today.
Most of the aqueducts were built underground, where it could take water from the water tables, where the water is cleaner than 'outside'. Only 30/260 miles were external aqueducts!
Nobody is sure of who first invented the aqueducts, but as the first one began its construction in 312 B.C., it might have been Appius Claudius Caecus, because he was the one who ruled Rome at that time, but it could have been also a pauper that gave the idea or inspiration to start building aqueducts.