- Bowser (tanker)
A bowser is a generic name for a tanker of various kinds.
Water
The term bowser is used by water companies in the
United Kingdom to refer to mobilewater tank s deployed to distributefresh water in emergency situations where the normal system of piped distribution has broken down or is insufficient. The term rose to prominence in general usage inEngland in July 2007 when severe flooding in the valley of theRiver Severn caused interruption of the piped-water supply to a large area ofGloucestershire . [cite news|title= [http://www.bbc.co.uk/gloucestershire/content/articles/2007/07/23/flood_bowser_locations_feature.shtml Flood Bowser Locations] ]Fuel
Bowser can also be used to describe a
fuel tanker used to deliver fuel toaircraft atairport s or airfields.cite magazine | journal = Ozwords | url=http://www.anu.edu.au/andc/pubs/ozwords/pdfs/ozwords_oct05.pdf | publisher= Australian National Dictionary Centre | month = October | year = 2005 | author = Mark Gwynn | title = When people become words ] The term is also used to describe refuelling boats used to supply seaplanes.Other liquids
At the former nuclear research facility at
Dounreay in the far north ofScotland , the word bowser is used to describe various moveable (but not wheeled)vessel s that containalkali metals (sodium orNaK ), protected from oxidation by aninert gas . The word may also have been in use at the Atomic Energy Authority's (now UKAEA's) southern sites.References
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