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• Cistern at Mycenae     August 1998.

• Making A Cistern .
• This 70 year old cistern is still in use today. ...
• In the early days many people didn't have the money to make an all-concrete cistern and did it this way:.
• When I was a kid on the old homestead our cistern was about 25 feet straight out the front door of our house. ... The cistern's vertical, round wall was capped with a cement lid (a wooden top would also work in a pinch). ... From the cistern we got all the water we needed for cooking, washing, and whatever. When the cistern got low, Dad diverted water from the ditch to fill the cistern. ... After the cistern was full, Dad treated the water, probably with chlorine. We only put water in the cistern about twice a year. ...

• Basilica Cistern .
• The Basilica Cistern ,also known as the "Sunken Palace", was constructed by Justinian in 532 to supply the Byzantine Palace primarily. ... The cistern was restored in 1980's and today walkways have been constructed right through the cistern and subdued illumination lends the place a suitably mysterious athmosphere. ...
• Basilica Cistern.

• The Family Cistern: .
• Now there was no cistern in the city, so I said to all the people, "Make you every man a cistern in his house". ... The paper discusses the age-old Jordanian habit (present in the surrounding countries as well) of cutting and maintaining at least one rainwater-collecting cistern at one's homestead. The cisterns were often technologically sophisticated, with sedimentation basins to separate mud and sand before the water was let into the main cistern. ...
• And contrary to Palmblad's claim, cistern water is generally regarded as sweet and good. ...
• Now there was no cistern in the city, so I said to all the people, "Make you every man a cistern in his house". ...
• Cistern construction and (re-)use varied in intensity over time and space, e. ... 19 A later period of intensive cistern-building at Beit Ras in northern Jordan has been dated to the Crusader-Mamluk period (A. ...
• Large or small they were often technologically sophisticated, with sedimentation basins to separate mud and sand before the water was let into the main cistern. ... 27 The cistern in Figure 1, near Jerusalem, could hold about 2,700 cu. ...
• A private cistern was seen as a necessary element in the planning of a new house in Tunis in the fourteenth century. ... 30 One informant stated that even today in Amman it is legally required to include a cistern in any new house, but that some people fill them with piped water instead of rainwater. ...
• "Section of Cistern at Aîsâwîyeh. ...
• Households apparently no longer feel any responsibility to help themselves to part of their water needs, especially as the turning of a tap is so much more convenient than maintaining a cistern and its collection area. ...
• 36 plots contained one or occasionally more than one cistern (category 1) of the kind that mainly interests us here. ...
• And those who have cisterns value them highly: good tea should be made on cistern water, not piped water from the tap. ...

• Serena Bowles | profile | all galleries >> Africa >> The Trip >> Turkey >> Istanbul >> Basilica Cistern .
• Basilica Cistern.
• Basilica Cistern, Istanbul, Turkey.

• BUILDING A CISTERN FOR HOME WATER SUPPLY .
• The only choices left are to build a cistern or develop a pond water system. The cistern is usually lower in first cost and maintenance. However, a properly designed cistern and its essential supply components are not inexpensive. ...
• Cistern components include an adequate roof area, roof gutters, downspouts, downspout diverters, roof washer, water pump and distribution pipe (Figure 1). ...
• When planning a cistern, first determine the family's water needs; a conservative family will use about 50 gallons per person per day. A cistern should hold about a 45-day supply. A family of five would need a 1 l,250-gallon cistern (5 people x 50 gallons x 45 days - 11,250 gallons). ...
• If the cistern or collection roof is too small, the family will have to depend on hauled water during periods of low rainfall. ...
• The downspout needs a diverter valve and waste pipe to drain roof water away from the cistern when it is full. ...
• A roof washer (Figure 3) is a very good investment as it diverts contaminants washed off the roof before allowing the rainwater to enter the cistern. ...
• Such a filter is very heavy (a cubic foot of rock and sand can weigh up to 150 pounds) and should not be placed on the cistern roof unless the roof was designed for such a load. ...
• Cistern Materials .
• Because of the expected permanence of a cistern, reinforced concrete is usually the best investment. ... A cistern built of concrete also helps neutralize water acidity. ...
• A concrete cistern needs a quality concrete made with a stiff mix of one part cement, two parts clean sand and three parts clean gravel. ...

• Roof-washer/first flush diverter – systems that stop pollutants from the catchment area entering the Water Tank or Cistern Tank System.
• Water Tank or Cistern Tank System – where collected rainwater is stored.
• SafeRain units are attached to the pipe that feeds the collected rainwater to the water tank or cistern tank. ...
• SafeRain Horizontal first flush water diverter valve is designed to be installed at the overhead pipes feeding a water tank or cistern tank. ...
• SafeRain Vertical first flush water diverter valve is designed to be installed at the down-pipe where piping is “L” shaped feeding a water tank or cistern tank.
• As the rainfall increases water moves faster through the pipe(s) pushing the sludge through to your tank SafeRain Reverse-Flow first flush water diverter valve is designed to be installed at the riser feeding the water tank or cistern tank and will dump this initial water away from the tank until the preset flow rate point is reached.

• CISTERN, TEXAS. Cistern is on State Highway 95 twelve miles northwest of Flatonia near the southwestern point of Fayette County. ... By the time the post office was established in 1858, the community was known as Cistern. ...
• In 1900 Cistern had a population of 150, a general merchandise store, a combination drugstore and saloon, a blacksmith shop and gin, and a physician. ... In 1950 the population was 150, and Cistern had two stores, two garages, and a consolidated high school employing five teachers. When the Muldoon oilfield was discovered between Cistern and Flatonia, wells began to dot the cotton fields. ...

• Simple cistern design.
• Here’s a simple sequence for constructing a cistern below ground:.
•      Pour the cistern floor. First form up the floor of the cistern much as you would a sidewalk, driveway or other flat work. ...
•      Form the cistern walls. The cistern walls should be constructed by first building the outside forms and then installing #6 rebar wired together on an approximate 1 foot grid. Set the grid into the holes bored into the concrete floor of the cistern with a hammer drill. ...
•      Seal the inside of the cistern, a Portland-based product with a latex additive is recommended, possibly Damtite, or another acceptable alternative available at your local building supply store. ...
• , 2000: How to Build a Rainwater Catchment Cistern. ...

• Naaman Rolle of James Cistern, is available to take you out for a half-day, or day of fishing, boating, or diving off the Atlantic shores or Caribbean. ...

• CISTERN  WATER.
• Cistern Water by.
• An ultraviolet irradiation unit, and/or charcoal filter should also be installed in the output line from the cistern and before the distribution system to remove residual ozone from the water before use. ...
•        Water that is stored in a tank or cistern can be contaminated through numerous vectors. ...
•    The primary type is a submerged pump/venturi unit is placed in the tank or cistern to be treated. ...
• In this instance, a pump is located outside of the tank or cistern to be treated. Water is pumped through the side stream venturi, which functions as above, and returned to the tank or cistern.
• Any deposit left on the collection surface that must be exposed to the open air, will find its way into the cistern the very instant there is rain falling on that surface. ...
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