This system would be called the "totalitarian system".
Bringing water in from different areas can cause diseases and medical problems. Unfamiliar minerals and vitamins, along with diseases and bacteria, can manifest the water. People or animals whom have not adapted to the water's different diseases and bacteria can catch these diseases and get sick from the bacteria. Natives, on the other hand, may have adapted to the water's bacteria, and the body changes in order to fight off the different bacterium.
the scientific revolution lead to new machines and ways of doing things which would, in a way that is self-explanatory, lead to the industrial revolution.