Turnul de apă, Arad

The water tower is a building in Arad, built by the English firm Shone and Ault, the firm that executed Arad's first water supply project.

The water tower has a storage capacity of 300 cubic meters, a height of 34 meters and was built in 1895 to supply water to the city and to signal fires, which is why it was built near the fire station. At the time of its construction, it was the tallest building in the city. It is a massive stone and brick construction, notable for the decoration of its balconies and windows. The tower served in the city's water supply system until 1956.

Since 1990 the tower has been in private ownership, housing the "Water Tower" art gallery, which has a permanent water exhibition, and many art and themed exhibitions.

The exhibition space is spread over 5 levels: on the first floor there are temporary exhibitions of visual artists. on the second floor there are works of the 70s and 80s, made by painters from Arad. On the third floor is the exhibition Domestic Water, which shows the ways people have used water over the years. On the fourth floor are the traditions of Arad's firefighters and the way the city's water supply has been done over the years. On the fifth floor is the water storage tank, with a capacity of 300 cubic meters, which can now be climbed on a ladder.