On 3/02/2015 8:10 AM, Clifford Snow wrote:
On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:54 PM, John F. Eldredge <j...@jfeldredge.com
<mailto:j...@jfeldredge.com>> wrote:
Once again, we are divided by a common language. In American
usage, a cistern is a holding tank for captured rain water, used
as an alternative to a well in areas where no city water supply is
available. They often take the form of an underground pit with a
waterproof lining.
I've also seen them on the coast of Alaska in above ground tanks to
catch rain water.
In Australia rain water collection is common, or more correctly
essential, in country areas. They are usually placed on the ground, or
on a platform. Less frequently they are on elevated platforms or
underground. Frequently they are simply called 'rain water tanks' or
'water tanks'. Cistern would be very rarely used, if ever, for these
kind of tanks. In remote areas each building will have at least one
tank, some the the tanks are quite large. Probable tag
http://wiki.openstreetmap.org/wiki/Proposed_features/storage_tank
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