cistern

A large bear and her three cubs fell into the concrete cistern in Marshall Canyon County Park near the Claremont Wilderness Park’s 5-Mile Loop Trail, where they were rescued late Saturday night, the L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2026

Coffee gives the example of a basketball court in the Netherlands that also serves as a giant storm drain, with seating around the edges that channels rainwater down into a cistern under the court.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 24, 2026

They fixed the constant flow of water, but now, whenever I flush, I have to lift the lid and manually reset the cistern.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 10, 2026

She’s taken, perversely, with John the Baptist, imprisoned in a cistern and prophesying doom for the decadent, Godless heathens, Salome in particular.

From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 27, 2026

Upon reaching the cistern and finding it unattended, he worked quickly, draining the shallow pool of its crystal-clear water and replacing it with the heavy, fragrant wine of his court.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

School children have outings to waterworks to understand how precious the resource is, and households have embraced water-saving devices for shower heads and toilet cisterns.

From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026

Farmers in tractors tugged water cisterns and aimed hoses at the blaze.

From Barron's ● Jul. 13, 2026

The commission recommended creating “hyperlocal non-potable water storage” by installing cisterns as parks and schools are rebuilt.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2025

The utility recently installed water hookups for one secluded mountaintop community that had been relying on cisterns and a truck hauling creek water—a project Brewster said took six years to accumulate enough government money for.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025

Maybe they used some of the underground cisterns that had been laid down long ago but had been ignored, or maybe they used saltwater from the bay.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep