Cistern covers are typically made from a thick breathable fabric that can absorb the moisture that lands on the cistern. It can also provide some insulation to the cistern so less condensation ...

A rchaeologists working at Zerzevan Castle uncovered an 1,800-year-old water network that carried spring water from 8.5 kilometers away to cisterns, residences, and the subterranean Mithras Temple ...

The cistern's opening was ground level and left open, but typically those holes should be covered, Cook said. He said the cistern was essentially a "hole in the middle of a cornfield." ...

Three hunters and a dog were found dead after being trapped in an underground cistern that was partially filled with water in a Texas cornfield, according to the Bastrop County Sheriff’s Office.

Cook said the cistern was on private property. The cistern that Noel Vigil-Benitez and his friends jumped into was far below the opening of the hole at ground level. Bastrop County Sheriff's Office ...

As construction crews uncovered a brick cistern in downtown Vancouver this week, they unearthed what would prove to be a mystery for the whole community. And a remnant of the Wild West Vancouver ...

Also, the cistern dates to a time when the property was owned by a descendant of Thomas Jefferson. Maria (pronounced Mariah) Jefferson Eppes Shine and husband, William, a doctor, lived at the house.

Now the lost space that’s larger than a football field is open for visits. The Buffalo Bayou Park Cistern was built in 1926 to supply drinking water to the growing Texas city.

The cistern is not much to look at, but al-Masri, the cantor at the Coptic church, says the sound it produces is unique.