Water supply infrastructure

thumb|A dug well in a village in Faryab Province, [[Afghanistan]] thumb|The difference between a well and a cistern is in the source of the water: a cistern collects [[rainwater whereas a well draws from groundwater.]]

structure constructed to convey water

thumb|Portuguese Cistern (Mazagan)|Portuguese cistern (Mazagan), [[El Jadida, Morocco (1514)]] thumb|The difference between a cistern and a well is in the source of the water: A cistern collects [[fresh water where a well draws from groundwater.]]

publicly available water supplied to homes

container for storing water

system of engineered hydrologic and hydraulic components which provide water supply

thumb|upright=1.3|A US Army lieutenant (left) and a German detective inspecting the (Consumer Cooperative Bakery) in Nuremberg after a poisoning attempt Nakam (, 'revenge') was a paramilitary and terrorist organisation of about fifty Holocaust survivors who, after 1945, sought revenge for the murder of 6 million Jews during the Holocaust. Led by Abba Kovner, the group sought to kill six million Germans in a form of indiscriminate revenge, "a nation for a nation". Kovner went to Mandatory Palestine in order to secure large quantities of poison for poisoning water mains to kill large numbers of

A windpump is a wind-driven device which is used for pumping water. thumb|right|The windmills at Kinderdijk in the village of [[Kinderdijk, Netherlands is a UNESCO World Heritage Site]] thumb|De Olifant, Burdaard|De Olifant at [[Burdaard, Friesland]] thumb|right|Tjasker in Hayward, California Windpumps were used to pump water since at least the 9th century in what is now Afghanistan, Iran and Pakistan. The use of windpumps became widespread across the Muslim world and later spread to China and India. Windpumps were later used extensively in Europe, particularly in the Netherlands and the East

right|thumb|200px|An archaeologist investigating a chultún right|thumb|150px|Entrance to chultún at Xunantunich A chultún (or chultun, plural: ''chultunob' or chultúns'') is a bottle-shaped underground storage chamber built by the pre-Columbian Maya in southern Mesoamerica. Their entrances were surrounded by plastered aprons which guided rainwater into them during the rainy seasons. Most of these archaeological features likely functioned as cisterns for potable water.

plastic balls used in resevoirs for environmental protection and reduce evaporation

container used to collect rainwater

ab anbar in Sirdaryo region, Uzbekistan

thumb|The "Great Hafir" at Musawwarat es-Sufra A hafir, or haffir, is an artificially constructed water catchment basin with a circular earthen wall and diameters of between 70-250 m and heights of up to 7 m. Adapted to semi-desert conditions, the hafirs catch the water during the rainy season to have it available for several months during the dry season to supply drinking water, irrigate fields and water cattle. It is used in central Sudan from time immemorial.

underground water reservoir in Gibraltar

CCGT plant in the United Arab Emirates

every type of water storage, drinkable or not

observation tower

infrastructure to carry potable water from treatment plant to consumers