Thesaurus / cistern
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Many middle- and upper-class families have water tanks and cisterns at their homes.
DROUGHT IN MEXICO LEADS TO WATER RATIONING, THEFTKARINA TSUI, ALEJANDRA IBARRA CHAOULAUGUST 3, 2022WASHINGTON POSTLastly, he confirms that the water level in the lavatory water cistern hasn’t changed.
CRYPTOGRAPHERS ACHIEVE PERFECT SECRECY WITH IMPERFECT DEVICESMORDECHAI RORVIGFEBRUARY 25, 2022QUANTA MAGAZINEThe company warned residents in the affected community Wednesday “to disconnect downspouts to cisterns if accessible” and not drink the water.
ST. CROIX REFINERY HALTS OPERATIONS AFTER RAINING OIL ON LOCAL RESIDENTS ONCE AGAINJULIET EILPERINMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe fine mist of oil and water from Limetree Bay Refining rained down on the community of Clifton Hill, showering the slick mix onto cars, gardens, rooftops and cisterns filled with rainwater that residents use for daily tasks.
THE ISLAND WHERE IT RAINED OILJULIET EILPERIN, DARRYL FEARS, SALWAN GEORGESMARCH 25, 2021WASHINGTON POSTTo contain the spills, Pacific Coast Energy installed wide, short cisterns, or “cans,” stuck into the earth like straws, from which frothy water and oil can be vacuumed.
OIL COMPANIES ARE PROFITING FROM ILLEGAL SPILLS. AND CALIFORNIA LETS THEM.BY JANET WILSON, THE DESERT SUN, AND LYLLA YOUNES, PROPUBLICASEPTEMBER 18, 2020PROPUBLICAAccording to archaeologist Antonio De Simone, the cistern structure covered by dual walkways was built to salvage water from the nearby mountains.
THE ROMAN DOMUS (HOUSE): ARCHITECTURE AND RECONSTRUCTIONDATTATREYA MANDALAPRIL 8, 2020REALM OF HISTORYThe waste steam puffed through a launder into the feed-cistern.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKThis was done with water in the cistern round the condenser, which water came up to 180 degrees of heat, and remained so.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICKFrom this cistern large earthen pipes led off in various directions to irrigate the terraces below.
OVERLANDJOHN WILLIAM DE FORESTSo they picks up the flatirons, and as they picks em up they come a splashing noise in the cistern.
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