cistern

Example Sentences

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They supply water to their homes from cisterns and have always prohibited septic systems.

From Seattle Times

Water shortages and disruptions are already common in outlying provinces, where similarly antiquated infrastructure and drought force many to depend on cistern trucks or local rivers, streams and shallow wells.

From Reuters

You can collect rainwater in a cistern, and also utilize and purify stormwater from the street.

From Seattle Times

When tourism swells in summer, water pressure in the pipes drops; residents must rely on whatever they’ve managed to store in cisterns.

From New York Times

Last year, 1,000 municipalities had serious problems, of which some 400 had to be provided with bottles or mobile cisterns.

From BBC