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.
Fig. 6. Supply channel created by the Masa’eid to direct the overflow from R13 to Reservoir R7. 2 Nov. 2016.
Figure 1. Map of reservoirs in the middle of Byzantine Umm el-Jimal.
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 16. Reservoir R19 at end of season; final cleanup to be done in 2017. 2 November 2016.
Figure 3. Excavation of the rubble approaching completion. 25 October 2016.
Figure 15. In the final week, a new crew began the clearing of stones from the Reservoir R19 itself. 1 Nov. 2016.