Exempel på standpipe

• It was not the usual crowd of people queueing up for the standpipe.

• They installed a six mile pipeline and put standpipes in the centre of the village.

• The standpipe for water supply had been dismantled and was useless.

• Tougher safety standards were imposed for theaters and other public buildings, including fire-resistant curtains, alarm systems, fire extinguishers and standpipes.

• Drinking water was supplied by standpipes connected to the mains water supply nearest to each group's tent.

• Any complaints regarding supply were addressed to the local turncock, who would reopen standpipes or arrange for water to run for longer periods.

• The number of houses per standpipe averaged 7.7 and in no company area exceeded 9 residencies.

• What is the law governing the compulsory provision of water through standpipes by the local authority?

• People are, at this moment, standing on icy paths, with buckets in their hands and possibly at frozen standpipes.

• People are boiling water, using standpipes and some of the elderly are without water.

• We had to have standpipes, we had to have our supplies interrupted and, unbelievably, our industry was told to relocate elsewhere.

• Either it will be done on the basis of rota cuts for 17 hours a day, or standpipes will be erected.

• Where interruptions to the piped supply are unavoidable, they provide emergency supplies in bowsers or by standpipes.

• Standpipes have been erected for all except a few properties.

• About 20,000 properties are without their mains water supply, but arrangements have been or are being made to provide supplies from standpipes or tankers.

• They were rationed and had to use standpipes.

• To my knowledge, no one is in favour of standpipes.

• Has it been established whether standpipes work under water?

• They were putting up standpipes in the villages, and so on, and during the whole time there was my supply going at full strength.