Water no longer flowed in the mains, but he estimated that the contents of the roof cistern would last him a week or more.

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Gorman's water supply is a cistern filled with rainwater.

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In the palm groves below the village of Tamalokt is a cistern, a place of utter peace, where scarlet dragonflies skid above the water and the tops of olive trees sway against cerulean sky.

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Of the cistern, or a shelf.

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