The phrase "gathered water" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to water that has been collected or accumulated, often in a specific context such as nature or conservation.
Example: "After the rain, we found several containers of gathered water that we could use for irrigation."
Alternatives: "collected water" or "accumulated water."
All in all, we gathered water at gunpoint.
WATER RIGHTS (AND WRONGS) In the 1800s, locally gathered water was sold from barrels on horse-drawn buggies.
In the courtyard, a sign next to a well notes that the explorer gathered water here for blessing whatever land awaited him.
The Lynch expedition took measurements of the Dead Sea's depth, gathered water samples, and documented the flora and fauna of the region.
Mr. Aven and Nicole Taylor gathered water samples and recorded that Bama appeared to be eating regularly — she weighs in at around 1,200 pounds — and was not discolored, a sign of infection.
The History Long before Washington Square provided inspiration for the musical "Hair," early settlers gathered water from the Minetta Creek, which today runs under the park in culverts from northeast to southwest.
Everywhere you look – in the courtyards of family compounds, under the big tree at the village gathering place, even at the well as they gather water – women are breastfeeding their children.
She also blew from a conch shell in four directions, and then used the shell to gather water from the ocean, with which the couple were then instructed to wash each others' hands.
If you don't have eight days to wait, you can, instead, gather water from a fountain exactly at midnight (invisibility spells are fetishistic about time management), bring it to a boil, and drop in a live black cat.
His description of Dougie the binman forced to gather water on a revolving carousel while dressed as a penguin was so priceless that I went straight to YouTube to watch it.
Tensiometer and electrical resistance sensors are some examples of soil sensors that can be used to gather water potential measurements.
