Figure 5. Dedication of USAID funded re-plastering of the reservoir: “Inception of the repair of this reservoir was on 22 December 1954; and completion was on 28 February, 1955. The writer of the line of text was Rakan Ibn Awdah es-Serour.” 10-21-2015.
Figure 47. Three days later, the last pocket of soil on the last day of scheduled team work. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza. 13-11-2015
Figure 29. Soil removal – bucket by bucket, after the first rain, 26-10-2014
Figure 30. Taking the high ground first – in a sea of wet sediment. 27-10-2015
Figure 10. Roman Reservoir the day after the rains, 2-2-2012.
Figure 16. Removing stones from sediment basin 1, 19-10-2015.
Figure 61. The north wall of Houses 87 (right) & 88 (left) exposed after the removal of the long-term reservoir cleanout mound from its south side. 10-11-2015. Photo by Muaffaq Hazza.
Figure 13. The soil dried after the water was pumped out in late September. 21-10-2015.