Figure 4. Reservoir R7 cleaning completed. The Druze-constructed pillars supported the roof. 1 Nov. 2016
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 5. The energetic crew that completed the R7 excavation. 20 Oct 2017.
Figure 12. Reservoir with rock and soil heaps; looking north. 11 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 9. Reservoir R7 after cleanout, with 20th century plaster intact. 27 October 2016.
Figure 21. The dry south west corner of Reservoir 13 with its deposit of plastic bottles on top of algae ‘rooted’ in about 3 cm of new sediment. 26 October, 2016.