Figure 49. Soil is gone! 14-11-2015. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza.
Figure 13. The soil dried after the water was pumped out in late September. 21-10-2015.
Figure 23 Stone up 1. 24-10-2015.
Figure 20. Stone removal part 4; this completed the clearing of sediment basin 2, 19-10-2015.
Figure 62. The crew. Ali Aqil, standing far right, was the group’s foreman whose work strategy enabled the completion of the reservoir reconditioning in four weeks. Photo by visitor, 7-11-2015.
Figure 21. Smaller stones were carried up the steps in a grand 15 minute ‘parade’ in which the 20 members of the Commodus Gate Preservation team participated. 21-10-2015.
Figure 12. A huge quantity of stone was thrown into the reservoir in the past 20 years. Foreman Ali Aqil serves as scale, 19-9-2015.
Figure 52. Mayor Hasan Fahed Rgaibeh starting power wash. 14-11-2015.