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[[Image:brickcement.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A brick-cement tank before the application of the cement. Photo: Arrakis and Connect International - [http://www.arrakis.nl/reports/Manual_Fabricating_Brick_Cement_Tanks_short_03_lr.pdf Fabricating Brick Cement Tanks.]]]
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===Field experiences===
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* Brick cement tanks have been constructed in Nicaragua and Ghana, among other countries.
* [http://en.howtopedia.org/wiki/How_to_Build_an_Underground_Brick_Dome_Water_Tank How to Build an Underground Brick Dome Water Tank.] Case study in Sri Lanka.
===Manuals, videos and links===
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* [http://www.paceproject.net/UserFiles/File/Water/Brick%20tanks%20for%20storage.pdf Brick tanks for rainwater storage]. Action Sheet 22. PACE.
* [http://www.arrakis.nl/reports/Manual_Fabricating_Brick_Cement_Tanks_short_03_lr.pdf Draft Short Manual On Fabricating Brick Cement Tanks]. Arrakis & Connect International, 2006.
* [http://www.infonet-biovision.org/default/ct/180/soilConservation Water Storage]. Infonet-biovision.
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===Acknowledgements===
* CARE Nederland, Desk Study: [[Resilient WASH systems in drought-prone areas]]. October 2010.
* [http://www.paceproject.net/UserFiles/File/Water/Brick%20tanks%20for%20storage.pdf Brick tanks for rainwater storage]. Action Sheet 22. PACE and SEARNET Rainwater Harvesting Technologies.