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i live in a 1895 queen anne with 2 cisterns that we don't know if they work...can you tell me how they operate and if they don't work how to fix them....thanks!
Hi Dorthy, Cisterns are nothing more then underground storage tanks for rain water. They have been in use since biblical times. As a rule they collect rainwater from roof gutters, run it through a filter to keep out the trash and pipe it into the cistern. Cistern water is soft water and in the old days was used for washing and bathing. In very dry climates cisterns are used to store potable water. my state of Flordia has a very good web site that will explain in detail. Click on or paste this up on your address bar.
http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/pdffiles/AE/AE02900.pdf
Hope this helps and thank you for rating my reply. Tom
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