Sentences with phrase «water cisterns»

Many of these centuries - old subterranean structures — originally built as large - scale water cisterns to store monsoon rainwaters for later use — have fallen into disuse and disrepair, due to water tables being over-pumped to depletion, and the introduction of modern plumbing.

A clear executive summary outlining the risks associated with your premises A bespoke management plan for improvement and risk reduction A full inspection of your water systems (conditions of cold water cisterns, hot water plants, spray producing devices, cooling towers and other plants.)

Property is spread out over 3.25 Acres, is neatly landscaped and comes fully equipped with generator, water cistern and pump, and Caretaker's Quarters.

Water is easily available by constructing your home with a rain water cistern.

The earth series, which she began in the 1990 «s in Greece, was inspired by the exterior coloring of an old dome - shaped water cistern.

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Buy a Water Cistern If you don't know, a water cistern is a device that captures rain water and stores it for you to use to water your garden or lawn, to wash your car, etc..

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Thus says the Holy One of Israel, «Because you despise this word, and trust (sic) in oppression and perverseness... This iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall... which is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip water out of the cistern!»

«33 The reason is attributed to the availability of adequate soil coverage and water systems in Nazareth that make agriculture possible even at the hilltop.34 Archaeological digs at Nazareth by Bagatti has shown that the artifacts recovered under the shrines of Nazareth, among others, include silos, olive - pressing and wine - pressing installations, cisterns, and holes for storage jars, some of which coming from a period as early as the Iron Age.35 This led Meyers and Strange to conclude that Nazareth was a peasant village since «the principal activity of these villagers was agriculture.

31 Do not listen to Hezekiah; for thus says the king of Assyria: «Make your peace with me and come out to me; then every one of you will eat of his own vine, and every one of his own fig tree, and every one of you will drink the water of his own cistern; 32 until I come and take you away to a land like your own land, a land of grain and wine, a land of bread and vineyards, a land of olive trees and honey, that you may live, and not die.

Thus says the Holy One of Israel, «Because you despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and rely on them; therefore this iniquity shall be to you like a break in a high wall, bulging out, and about to collapse, whose crash comes suddenly, in an instant; and its breaking is like that of a potter's vessel which is smashed so ruthlessly that among its fragments not a sherd is found with which to take fire from the hearth, or to dip up water out of the cistern.»

Proverbs 5:15, 18 - 19 reads «Drink waters out of thine own cistern, and running waters out of thine own well... Let thy fountain be blessed and rejoice with the wife of thy youth.

At Proverbs 5, the intimacy of husband and wife is clearly identified, for it says for a husband to «drink water out of your own cistern (his wife), and tricklings out of the midst of your own well.

15 Drink water from your own cistern, running water from your own well.

Be appalled, O heavens, at this, be shocked, be utterly desolate,... for my people have committed two evils: they have forsaken me, the fountain of living waters, and hewed out cisterns for themselves broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

Like most of our Caribbean neighbors, our Cruzan Rum operation in St. Croix collects rainwater in roof catchments and cisterns for use as a source of fresh water.

«So the rain water that hits the site, will be stored in a 680,000 - gallon cistern, and we'll use that water for make - up water for our cooling tank and to irrigate the landscaping.»

but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit... For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.»

The facility will feature outdoor exhibit stations as well as indoor educational space that includes classrooms, a river aquarium, an interactive wall map of the DuPage River watershed and a focal point cistern where roof water is recycled for use in the nature center's restrooms.

«The cistern is planned to be above ground to capture roof rainwater as well as the water from the splash pad during summer use.

The cistern will help save on water costs.»

Among many recent sustainability initiatives, the Park District of Oak Park is planning the installation of a cistern (underground reservoir for holding water) at multiple parks.

«Additionally, the cistern will save annual watering costs at this site.

One John, a leader of the rebels, along with his brother Simon, who were found starved to death in the cisterns and water systems that ran under the city.

The city has committed $ 1.5 billion to erecting green infrastructure — green roofs, street and sidewalk plantings, porous pavements, cisterns, rain barrels — that will control and absorb storm water and prevent polluted runoff from flowing into waterways by capturing it and filtering it naturally through the soil.

Water harvesting by collecting excess rain run - off for instance in cisterns — for supplementary irrigation during dry spells — is a common traditional approach in some regions such as the Sahel region in Africa, but is under - used in many other semi-arid regions such as Asia and North America.

Collecting rain water from roofs in tanks or cisterns might help a little in an urban situation but not in rural areas.

A study examining more than 50 tap water samples found water had very few bacteria in buildings without cisterns but there was noticeable contamination in buildings where storage tanks were present or plumbing had been altered or otherwise disrupted.

Low - impact, environmentally friendly storm - water management options, such as rain gardens, permeable concrete, cisterns, and green roofs, are designed to mimic the way things function in the absence of development.

The Basilica Cistern, located in the crowded Eminönü district of Istanbul next to the Hagia Sophia, was built to provide water for the city of Istanbul during the reign of Emperor Justinian I in the 6th century

An auto - flushing cistern used in conjunction with a Marnic Urinal Flush Controller can provide water savings of up to 90 %, meaning the initial outlay can be recovered within months.

Water coming into the home through the cistern needs to be filtered before use.

Rainwater collected on rooftops and in cisterns helps provide domestic water, but many people must drink and cook with brackish water.

Additionally, springs and cisterns are not considered an acceptable water supply, and properties serviced by them are not allowed for purchase using a VA - backed home loan.

Wells are one of the most common private water sources, but depending on your location you may also encounter springs, cisterns or rainwater catchment systems in use.

In England and Wales, it's possible to get totally free water - saving gadgets from your water company year - round, including # 20 shower heads (which help regulate water usage), tap inserts (to regulate the flow of water from your tap, worth # 5) and Save - A-Flush bags (bags you place into your toilet cistern so each flush uses less water, worth # 2).

Water supplied for irrigation, is captured primarily from clean wastewater from baths, sinks, and other household appliances, as well as cisterns.

The Blue Hole, a 400 - foot deep limestone cistern, provides a habitat for a variety of marine species and is among the most popular destinations for deep - water divers.

A 5 - minute walk from the pool Mirabilis, a work of great historical and archaeological interest: it is the largest Roman cistern drinking water ever made, built in the Augustan period to supply water to the men of the fleet of the Roman Empire moored in the harbor Miseno.

All the amenities are present to increase your comfort, including on - site rain cisterns for the freshest drinking water.

The water supplies are exclusively sourced from rainwater cisterns.

The Basilica Cistern was constructed under the reign of Sultanahmet during Roman times, It was designed to keep emergency water underground for the city.

During severe droughts, the cisterns may run low, making bottled water advisable.

Cuidados (cautions) Cistern and a shallow well provide washing and bathing water.

The home is built of wattle and daub in the old Caymanian style, with the cook room out back, a wide porch trimmed with «gingerbread» in front, a sand yard all around, and a tin roof surrounded by gutters piped into a cistern to supply water to the house.

Water is supplied from a rain collection system which stores water in a large in - ground cisWater is supplied from a rain collection system which stores water in a large in - ground ciswater in a large in - ground cistern.

Water conservation is attained by catchment system for into 2 cisterns.

The owners of Casa Monte have eradicated such problems by equipping the house with TWO large hot water services and a large cistern of water that is pumped evenly to each floor.)

Instead, at Uxmal it was necessary to collect rain water in cisterns that were built in the ground.

Cenotes are formed when the limestone that makes up the Yucatan Peninsula is eroded over thousands of years by rainwater, resulting in large «sinkholes» that appear on the surface, exposing hollowed - out caverns below that act as natural cisterns for water.