The basic idea of a cistern water system, which collects and stores water in or near a home, goes back centuries. In some parts of Western Asia, archeologists discovered lime plaster cisterns in the ...

As the nation’s repository of history, the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, DC, is full of surprises, especially when construction is involved. While performing enabling utility work in August ...

At the unlikely site of the Salvation Army Ray and Joan Kroc Corps Community Center in Philadelphia, the campus has been called one of the most comprehensive, sustainable brownfield site ...

A Topeka Fire Department cistern built in 1878 was uncovered Tuesday by workers doing excavation for an underground water line project linked to the replacement of downtown Topeka's Polk-Quincy ...