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 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 60. Sediment from reservoir supplies municipal street side landscaping soil. 8-11-2015
Figure 41. Another way was to dam up the puddles and move the water away sideways. 8-11-2015.
Figure 39. Contending with early rain. 7-11-2015.
Figure 30. Taking the high ground first – in a sea of wet sediment. 27-10-2015
Figure 52. Mayor Hasan Fahed Rgaibeh starting power wash. 14-11-2015.
