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 19. Refilling the bulldozer gauges on the west edge of Reservoir R16. 29 October, 2016.
Figure 20. Reservoir 13 with water remaining to an average depth of one meter. In the foreground one can see the shelf of exposed bedrock floor and the algae bloom in the shallower water. 26 October 2016.
Figure 12. Reservoir with rock and soil heaps; looking north. 11 Oct. 2016.
Figure 1. Map of reservoirs in the middle of Byzantine Umm el-Jimal.
Figure 2. Reservoir R7 in courtyard of House 52 before work began. 10 Oct 2016.
Figure 22. Crew members begin cleaning of sediment and algae. 26 October, 2016
Figure 7. Reservoir R31 just after the cleanout began, 11 Oct. 2016.
Figure 10. Twentieth Century surface supply channel collected runoff from open field to north of Reservoir R31. Oct 10, 2016.