cistern
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Water to fight fires from a pool or from rainwater stored in tanks or a cistern.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
“When I drive through my neighborhood, there are plenty of little park spaces, public spaces, where you could put a really large cistern that firefighters could tap into,” Quinn said.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 17, 2025
Peter Vincent, who lives in Grove Hill, said he noticed that the "cistern wasn't refilling properly" on Sunday morning.
From BBC • Nov. 30, 2025
Near the village of Jaun, a construction crew was laying pipes to deliver electricity and water from a new cistern to six local farms.
From New York Times • Jan. 21, 2024
The cistern was overflowing with all the rain we’d had, so I spent two pitchers of it on my salty, sandy, weary body.
From "Beyond the Bright Sea" by Lauren Wolk
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