- a vertical pipe or tower into which water is pumped to obtain a required head.
- a water pipe for supplying the fire hoses of a building, connected with the water supply of the building and usually with a siamese outside the building.
- a vertical pipe, open at the upper end, attached to a pipeline or tank serving to limit the pressure head to that of the height of the pipe
- a temporary freshwater outlet installed in a street during a period when household water supplies are cut off
