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Designing a Household Cistern

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Published: 
Friday, January 1, 1982
U.S. Agency for International Development
Technical note provides guidance on designing a household cistern. Household cisterns are an important means of storing rainwater for family use. In areas where rainwater is the primary source of drinking water, adequate storage is necessary to ensure that people have access to a sufficient quantity of good quality water year-round. Because rainfall is often unreliable from year to year, cistern design is very important to provide water for times when rainfall is seasonably or abnormally scarce.
Theme(s) & Sub-theme(s): 
Water Quality and StorageRainwater HarvestingWater Quality and StorageWater, Sanitation, HygieneWater, Sanitation, HygieneWater, Sanitation, Hygiene
Nexus Tag(s): 
Health
Resource type: 
Tool
Resource Scale: 
Global

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