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If the water is for human consumption, cattle and people should be kept away from the catchment area and reservoir all year round. This can be helped by having a watchman patrol regularly, and by fencing off the area. Fish can be introduced to eat mosquito larvae, while at the same time providing a source of nutrition. Water should be provided to users through a treatment plant and a distribution system with public standpipes or household connections. For open water catchments, like from rock surfaces or stored behind earth dams, direct abstraction (pump or pipe taking water off) works well. Abstraction method should minimize disturbance of the settled water, thus reducing treatment requirements later.