Figure 23. The cleaned portion of exposed floor. Proper care of this water source will require periodic cleaning of the entire reservoir floor, at times when the entire water supply is used up. 27 October, 2016.
Figure 22. Crew members begin cleaning of sediment and algae. 26 October, 2016
Figure 25. Team 2. The Group mostly responsible for clearing the deep stone layer from Quarry-Reservoir R19. 2 November, 2016.
Figure 1. Map of reservoirs in the middle of Byzantine Umm el-Jimal.
Figure 17. Close up view of quarry marks. Below the 10-cm scale stick the groove in which wood wedges soaked with water were jammed is clearly visible. Because of the fine-grained igneous texture, the basalt blocks split of smoothly, similar to a flint sliver knapped from a core. 1 November, 2016.
Figure 15. In the final week, a new crew began the clearing of stones from the Reservoir R19 itself. 1 Nov. 2016.
Figure 3. Excavation of the rubble approaching completion. 25 October 2016.
Figure 11. Reservoir R19 with soil heaps; looking to southwest. 11 Oct 2016.
Figure 5. The energetic crew that completed the R7 excavation. 20 Oct 2017.
