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Family members and friends tried to put out the fire by attaching a hose to a nearby standpipe, but this did little to stop the blaze.
The standpipe water is piped from the mountain and has been tested for potability by Oxfam.
The system enables individuals to use their own pre-paid cards to get water from a communal standpipe.
Every week, Christopher washes his clothes and collects drinking water at a standpipe in Beetham Gardens.
If water came from a standpipe, consumption would be less than half that so the cost in turn would be halved.
The iron standpipe supplied residents of Rawcliffe with drinking water before the handful of cottages tapped into the mains.
Then the air expands, forcing water up the standpipe, and into the elevated tank.
The drain standpipe should always be taller than your highest water level in the machine to add protection from back-up water and siphoning.
Her home has a constant supply of running water, drinkable straight from the standpipe outside.
Alternatively, a vertical standpipe fixed to the bottom of the tank can be used.
The standpipe or surge pipe can be equipped with a quadrant pipe at its end instead of a deflector.
The fuel bowser is equipped with an internal standpipe as well as a dirt and water filtration system.
The configuration of the standpipe or bypass tube does not influence the measurement.
The prisoners were given almost nothing to eat, and a single standpipe spat out brackish water for drinking.
The water was from a community standpipe shared by thousands of the slum's residents.
If the sensor is mounted on a standpipe or bypass tube, a pipe antenna is created.
In addition, a review is underway to help verify the contents of the standpipe containment structures in the Waste Management Area.
For the approval of the boiler standpipe the relevant regulations must be considered.
Additional standpipe feeds for the water sprinkler system were installed.
If foams cause measurement errors, the sensor should be used in a standpipe or, alternatively, the more suitable VEGAFLEX guided microwave sensors should be used.
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Examples from Classical Literature
If the street is blessed with a standpipe, it seems designed as a post for leaping.
A conversation, begun at the standpipe, progressed to the telegraph pole, and at last came opposite the kitchen.
The head or pressure in a standpipe is what causes water to move through the pipes which offer resistance to the flow.
The mixing chamber and valve chamber were one and the standpipe or jet protruded into the mixing chamber.
Two common devices for controlling sudden changes in the water pressure are the standpipe and the air cushion.
The standpipe is simply a large vertical tube connected to the water mains from which and into which water readily flows.
Entered site by unclipping mesh fencing, then turned off water supply before stealing the standpipe.
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