Has your interest in alternative water systems made you ask, what is a cistern? Read on to learn about this ancient way to store and supply water.

A couple of years ago, I wrote an article about your retirement cistern. People occasionally bring that article up as having had an influence on their thinking, so I thought I would return to the ...

CEDAR RAPIDS - This is the nervous time of year here as spring rains fall and the Cedar River rises. Nearly six years now since the city's historic June 2008 flood disaster, three hard-hit flood ...

This is the story of a man and a pipe, and its consequences could solve a water pollution problem that has plagued this city for more than 100 years. The man is Bart Chezar, Park Slope resident and ...

DENVER, March 30 (UPI) --More than 300 families on the Navajo Nation reservation have fresh running-water systems for the first time, provided for free, and a non-profit group hopes its delivery model ...

This video explores the remarkable water system of Byzantine Constantinople, one of the greatest engineering feats of the ancient world. It follows the journey of water through aqueducts like the ...

Water conservation seems increasingly important to my husband and me as we watch large Ohio farmers use water from aquifers to irrigate their fields. Instead of depleting aquifers, we’ve chosen to ...

PAVILLION – Twenty households east of Pavillion could have cisterns, or water tanks, on their properties this fall, said an engineer whose company has been contracted by the state to oversee the ...

Yellowstone Caldera Chronicles is a weekly column written by scientists and collaborators of the Yellowstone Volcano Observatory. This week's contribution is from Sin-Mei Wu, Jamie Farrell, and ...

Meanwhile, Ed Begley Jr. has a 10,000-gallon cistern at his home that allows his garden to "make it through that whole dry period" from spring to fall. By Degen Pener Barrel El Nino Illo - H 2016 A ...