Ea autem si duplicia aut triplicia facta fuerint, uti percolationibus transmutari possint, multo salubriorem [et suaviorem] aquae usum efficient; limus enim cum habuerit, quo subsidat, limpidior fiet et sine odoribus conservabit saporem.
If the cisterns are double or treble, so that they can be changed by percolation, they will make the supply of water much more wholesome. For when the sediment has a place to settle in, the water will be more limpid and will keep a flavour unaccompanied by smell.
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