sandpiper

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However, Tim McMahon, Southern Water's managing director, said he was "appalled by this use of water" and that the company had imposed on immediate ban on tankers extracting from the standpipes.

From BBC • Sep. 11, 2025

Its caretakers had firefighting equipment, hoses and standpipes at the ready to draw water across different points of the property.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 16, 2025

Citizens have to go out into the streets to find water standpipes and fill up receptacles just to flush their loos.

From BBC • Mar. 18, 2022

Vito Maggiolo, a spokesman for the D.C. fire department, said the building had interior water pipes, called standpipes, that firefighters used to connect hoses on upper floors.

From Washington Post • Sep. 16, 2021

Design specifications required that every building be surrounded by an underwater main and be plumbed with interior standpipes.

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson