News
The restoration of a nearly 2,800-year-old water cistern from the Urartu period that was discovered in Harput Castle in the eastern Anatolia region of Türkiye has been completed.
A 1,500-year-old water cistern in the Katamon neighborhood of Jerusalem might become a public site. The Jerusalem Municipality began renovating a playground on Wednesday in the Katamon ...
Aboveground cisterns and rain barrels are becoming popular, but neither can hold as much water as an old-fashioned underground cistern. Backyard cisterns have other potential uses in today's world.
In areas such as Hawaii where groundwater is in short supply, residents rely on cisterns as a major source of water. Cisterns also can […] Skip to content. All Sections. Subscribe Now.
Work on replacing a water main in downtown Vancouver was interrupted Monday by the discovery of a water cistern. The underground brick tank, estimated to be at least 75 years old, measures 12 feet ...
Some of the best new ideas are old ones. Take the cistern. Basically, it's a man-made receptacle for harvesting rainwater. It's an emerging "green" building trend, but hardly new technology; the ...
The cistern is a 90-year-old underground drinking water reservoir that the city decommissioned in 2007. Most of Houston's drinking water is now surface water from lakes and rivers.
Plans are underway to decommission an abandoned well and cistern on a heritage property in Mississauga. The well and cistern are on the Adamson Estate property, 850 Enola Ave., and are approximately ...
According to Grant, cisterns are rarely used today because of the complex water systems cities now have, but in 1975, the New Haven Fire Department pumped water from a cistern near the Housatonic ...
Just northeast of San Luis Obispo sits a rusting relic of the city’s past — a huge cistern that was once a vital component in the city’s water system.
Results that may be inaccessible to you are currently showing.
Hide inaccessible results