Hydroponics Tower

Manhatta - Hydroponics Towers

The hydroponics towers stand in a tall circle around the Central Hub. To many, they are seen as a symbol of produce and agriculture. These towers produce food all year long, even when the surrounding farmland around them freezes during the cold winters, as the inner layers of the towers are climate controlled as well.

Each hydroponics tower stands 142m high. They form a ring around the Central Hub, 11 of them in total. Surrounding the hydroponics towers is farmland that the citizens of Manhatta cultivate for food. The first 8 stories of the hydroponics towers are used as packaging facilities for the food collected in both the towers and the surrounding farmland. Offices and maintenance crews of the towers also reside there, but the process of making the food is nearly fully automated.

The hydroponics towers draws up water from sewage and purifies the water by running it down a tower of zebra mussels and filters, removing contaminants and other soil particles that may be caught in the water. The tower is separated into six layers, each layer responsible for one stage of plant development. The plants are grown on reusable Styrofoam trays, and are fed merely by the practice of “hydroponics”, in which plants are grown without soil. The water purified from the zebra mussels are augmented with nutrients, allowing the plants to grow without any soil. Not only do the hydroponics towers support a large plant population, it sports a green roof complete with solar panels as well.

A specialized cargo subway connected the hydroponics towers to the outside world, allowing the towers to deliver food instantly to any location. Farm animals are bred on specialized sections on each of the hydroponics towers. Each of the hydroponics towers can only grow two breeds of plants at a time, so the 11 towers grow a multitude of plants year-round to satisfy their customers.

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