Figure 28. While stones were being removed, another part of the team began removing the soil using buckets and ropes. The strategy was to remove the thinner layers from the edges where bedrock was higher to isolate the deeper and thicker layer in the middle. This and the following 20 photographs show the soil ‘melt’ away until the final remnant is removed from the deeper center. 20-10-2015
Figure 18. Stone removal part 2. 19-10-2015
Figure 50.Ali Aqil sweeping up, 13-11-2015. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza.
Figure 31. The rainfall was light, and the soil dried quickly. 29-10-2015
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 63. Contribution of the Municipality. Mayor Hassan Fahed (right) and Muaffaq Hazza. 7-11-2015
Figure 15. Nearly a truckload of accumulated trash and garbage was collected before removal of stones and soil began. 19-10-2015.
