water storage
Tank or cistern
Water storage is the collection and holding of water for later use.
The term applies across scales—from a backyard rain barrel to massive reservoirs behind dams.
Water storage systems address the mismatch between when water is available and when it's needed: The city expanded its water storage capacity before the drought.
The term also describes the body's retention of water, often unwanted: These medications can cause water storage.
- reservoirLarge water storage basin
- damWater-holding barrier
- retention pondArtificial basin for stormwater
- cisternWater storage chamber
- aquiferGroundwater-bearing geological formation
lake · pond · soil moisture · earthenware · snowpack · rainwater harvesting · rain barrel · floodplain · tank · glacier · groundwater · holding tank · wetland · river basin · well · irrigation canal · catchment · rain
- climate adaptationclimate change adaptation, coastal retreat, climate migration, relocation programs, early warning systems
- drought responseemergency relief, relief camps, relief workers, well drilling, wells
- dam managementsluice gates, flood control, drawdown, downstream flow, safety inspection
- hydrology mappingflood zones, hydrography, lake levels
- Watershed Managementcatchment, catchment area, catchment areas, drainage basin, drainage basins
- animal adaptationscamouflage, webbed feet, filter feeding, thick fur, blubber
water storagedrainage
Liquid removal system
water drainage · runoff · water diversion · dewatering · outflow
water storagewater flow
Movement of liquid mass
running water · water circulation · streamflow · surface runoff