Cistern water system

Has your interest in alternative water systems made you ask, what is a cistern? Read on to learn about this ancient way to store and supply water.

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Cisterns are the champions of rain water harvesting. They have two purposes, 1) collect and store rain water to be used for irrigation (yard watering) purposes later (hello water bill savings!), and 2) to stop roof water runoff from carrying pollutants into watershed areas. Cisterns come in two forms, underground or above ground. Due to the volume of how much water they can store AND if you are putting in an underground cistern, they can sometimes require a type of permitting from the city.

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By Joe Mooney Issue #146 • March/April, 2014 Using a corrugated road culvert as a cistern is an economical way to add to your water storage. Here is the finished tank with PVC pipe directing water from a gutter into the tank inlet. . No matter where you live, the most important resource that a […]

Roman compluvium & impluvium with subterranean cistern. Ancient rain catchment system at the center of the house. Water filters through a sand and gravel bed of the impluvium for purification.

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A guide for owners and operators of municipal and non-municipal non-residential systems, such as schools, child care centres or social care facilities that receive transported water and maintain cisterns.

Small underground concrete cisterns. Built on top of a wooden platform, which itself rests on poles dug into ground below frostline. Possibly also built in a hole, with sides sloping away from the platform to prevent frost damage. Large pots of fired clay can also be used, if they hold water better than concrete.

'In this example a DIY brick cistern is used to store filtered water. This one holds about 9450 Litres of water (about 2500 gallons plus or minus 20 gallons). The blocks are filled with concrete and re-enforced with 1/2 inch rebar. They sit on a 5 inch concrete pad re-enforced with 1/2 inch rebar. The blocks are concrete not pumice. The wall is built using mortar mix and standard concrete construction procedures. It is important to note that concrete blocks are very porous and also that the…

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