COLD REFRESHING CISTERN WATER...We did not have indoor plumbing until after I graduated from high school in 1964. we had a cistern and would draw water by hand with a long rope tied to a galvanized bucket. Years later, daddy attached a long handle somehow, which provided water by manually raising it up and down. We never ever had spigot water, as shown in this photo; but unless the cistern went dry during extremely dry weather, our water always tasted great!!!