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Source: http://www.timesofisrael.com/section-of-ancient-jerusalem-aqueduct-uncovered/
2,000-Year-Old Jerusalem Aqueduct Uncovered
(Times of Israel) A section of Jerusalem's Lower Aqueduct, which brought water to Jerusalem more than 2,000 years ago, was uncovered in the neighborhood of Umm Tuba during the construction of a new sewer line, it was announced last week. The Israel Antiquities Authority excavated the area. Ya'akov Billig, director of the excavation, said: "The Lower Aqueduct to Jerusalem, which the Hasmonean kings constructed more than 2,000 years ago in order to provide water to Jerusalem, operated intermittently until about one hundred years ago." The aqueduct begins at the Ein Eitam spring near Solomon's Pools south of Bethlehem and stretches 21 km. to Jerusalem.