On Feb 2, 2015 3:11 PM, "Clifford Snow" <cliff...@snowandsnow.us> wrote: > > > On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:54 PM, John F. Eldredge <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.
Above ground is common in the midwest for various reasons (freezing, contamination, maintenance, excavation of solid rock) that often arise.
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