reservoir

A decline in depth of Gatún Lake—the main reservoir for the canal and the artificial lake that carries ships for about 20 miles of their transit across—means ships can’t go through fully loaded.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

With far less snowmelt than usual feeding the Colorado River, inflows dwindled, and the second-largest reservoir in the United States fell to record-low levels in late August and early September.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 23, 2026

Notable events included Lake Mead, America's largest reservoir, dropping to its lowest level on record.

From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026

However, reservoir storage and groundwater levels continue to decline.

From BBC ● Sep. 9, 2026

He borrowed a canoe from a local fisherman and paddled it back across the reservoir.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French

Authorities are also forced to reduce the number of ships that cross the canal because it needs to keep enough rainwater in its reservoirs and lakes to provide freshwater to fill the locks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Connecting ancient genomes with recorded outbreaks and possible animal reservoirs can reveal how diseases emerge, spread, establish themselves, and persist over long periods.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

“Natural history collections are reservoirs of evidence, often used in ways no one could have predicted when they were first built,” said Luis Chiappe, director of the Dinosaur Institute at the Natural History Museum.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2026

Helen Wakeham, Director of Water at the EA said "drought recovery is a very long process" and only over once reservoirs, rivers and groundwater supplies are back to normal.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

It was the fortuitous conjunction of these two vast reservoirs of philosophical and physical wealth that defined America's national interest and made it so special.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis