<html><head></head><body><div class="gmail_quote">On February 3, 2015 3:05:53 AM CST, Paul Johnson <baloo@ursamundi.org> wrote:<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
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On Feb 2, 2015 3:11 PM, "Clifford Snow" <<a href="mailto:clifford@snowandsnow.us">clifford@snowandsnow.us</a>> wrote:<br />
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> On Mon, Feb 2, 2015 at 12:54 PM, John F. Eldredge <<a href="mailto:john@jfeldredge.com">john@jfeldredge.com</a>> wrote:<br />
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>> 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.<br />
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> I've also seen them on the coast of Alaska in above ground tanks to catch rain water.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Above ground is common in the midwest for various reasons (freezing, contamination, maintenance, excavation of solid rock) that often arise.</p>
<p style="margin-top: 2.5em; margin-bottom: 1em; border-bottom: 1px solid #000"></p><pre class="k9mail"><hr /><br />Tagging mailing list<br />Tagging@openstreetmap.org<br /><a href="https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging">https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/tagging</a><br /></pre></blockquote></div><br clear="all">It seems like an above-ground tank would be more prone to freezing, not less. I have lived in two houses that had cisterns, although neither one was still in use.<br>
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