Sentence examples for former reservoir from inspiring English sources

Hidden among the tropical foliage is a former reservoir that now is used as a swimming pool.

The Friends of Williamsbridge Oval Park, created decades ago in Norwood to revitalize a 20-acre open space inside a former reservoir, recently reconstituted itself after years of dormancy.

Almost four times the size of Seton Falls, the park offers a display of leaves from trees that have taken root in a former reservoir, as well as views of the Atlantic Ocean.

The results of the model clearly show an increase of habitat suitability from pre- to post-dam removal periods and in the former reservoir.

Major landmarks in the area include Ruislip Lido, a former reservoir, now an area of public parkland with its own miniature railway and Manor Farm, a settlement dating from the 9th century which is now designated as a local heritage site.

Weed control on the former reservoir pool is a consideration in many dam removal evaluations.

Five distinct sediment-release periods were identified when sediment loads were notably increased (when lateral erosion in the former reservoirs was active) or reduced (when reservoir retention or seasonal low flows and cessation of lateral erosion reduced sediment transport).

In the UK, the London Wetland Centre functions as such a working landscape; its habitats are built into clay-lined pools and filled using a pumping system built in the 1890s for former reservoirs.

At the end of our two-year study, Elwha Dam was completely removed, Glines Canyon Dam had been 75% removed (full removal was completed 2014), and ~ 65% of the combined reservoir sediment masses including ~ 8 Mt of fine-grained and ~ 12 Mt of coarse-grained sediment remained within the former reservoirs.

The total sediment budget during the first two years revealed that the vast majority (~ 90%) of the sediment released from the former reservoirs to the river passed through the fluvial system and was discharged to the coastal waters, where slightly less than half of the sediment was deposited in the river-mouth delta.

The phased removal of two large dams on the Elwha River, Washington, exposed 21 ± 3 million m3, or ~ 30 million tonnes (t), of sediment that had been deposited in the two former reservoirs, allowing a comprehensive investigation of watershed and coastal responses to a substantial increase in sediment supply.