Cisterns in a sentence

Aside from shifting winds, rain the night after meant fresh fallout likely found its way into the rainwater that was captured by residents' cisterns, according to a 2010 study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Two cisterns were dug under the floor of the annex to collect rainwater that fell on the roof and was routed through gutters and downspouts.

Rainwater harvesting, including rain barrels and cisterns, are suggested to collect rainwater for interactive water play.

Rulers built ever more regal palaces, temples and halls around the terrace, complete with an underground sewage system and cisterns for fresh water.

Small tanker trucks fill the community's cisterns with clean water from a water treatment plant.

Many used buckets lowered on ropes to get water from their cisterns.

To make it a little more palatable and taste a little better, the pioneers collected the river water into cisterns, sprinkled ashes in the water, stirred the mixture and waited for the solids to settle out.

Early dwellers invested tremendous energy in building cisterns and systems of water channels.

Horsehair worms can be discovered in damp areas such as watering troughs, swimming pools, streams, puddles, and cisterns.

I am the product of long corridors, empty sunlit rooms, upstair indoor silences, attics explored in solitude, distant noises of gurgling cisterns and pipes, and the noise of wind under the tiles.

In the plantation period, shallow wells, supplemented by rainwater collected in cisterns, provided sufficient water for the pastoral life style of the small population.

It is the most fruitful of all the countries of Allah; in it are the best trees and fruits, in every home are gardens, cisterns and flowing water..

Justinian also strengthened the borders of the Empire from Africa to the East through the construction of fortifications, and ensured Constantinople of its water supply through construction of underground cisterns (see Basilica Cistern ).

Later, when population increased, many of these cisterns were turned into houses and other kind of water-harvesting systems were realized.

Like other cisterns in the town, it collected rainwater that was filtered and flowed in a controlled way to the Sassi.

Modern cisterns are usually large plastic tanks.

Reducing autonomy reduces the size and expense of cisterns.

The cisterns are placed and used as thermal masses.

The cisterns were kept secret and were one of the reasons the Nabataea were able to thrive in the desert.

The grounds feature operations from the original mission complex, including indoor and outdoor kitchens, winery, water cisterns, soap and candle vats, tanning vats for preparing cattle hides, and a cemetery.