A reservoir that once flooded the place has dried up.
1912 -- A sports stadium near the reservoir that would have held tens of thousands of spectators.
Consumptive use, roughly speaking, refers to water taken from a reservoir that cannot be recovered.
And flooded the 65-mile-long reservoir that straddles the Texas-Louisiana border.
A severely low reservoir that supplies both cities with water more than doubled its reserves.
But despite the large reservoir that was constructed, the dam now provides irrigation to less than 1,600 hectares.
In the Southeast and across the nation, wasteful water use is the "hidden reservoir" that must be tapped.
Since the city owned the reservoir that was creating the problem, it had a responsibility to do something about it.
In July, 2006, after the Tigers blocked a reservoir that supplied water to thousands of farmers, Rajapaksa authorized a new military offensive against them.
They have bombed two aqueducts, as well as the infrastructure at the reservoir that provides water to this sprawling capital, causing little damage but heightening alarm.
Local officials have been pressing Gov. George E. Pataki for years to ease traffic by expanding roads near the reservoir that serve growing clusters of office parks.
