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"A reservoir is an artificial lake. They are constructed first by building a sturdy dam, usually out of cement, earth, rock, or a mixture of all three. Once it has been built, a river is allowed to flow behind the dam and eventually fill it to capacity."
What's about Lake Victoria? Soccerman111 07:21, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
Also what is the size of most reservoirs. Soccerman111 07:23, 30 November 2006 (UTC)[reply]
A study shows that because of high rates of evaporation, the smartest way to manage reservoirs may be to allow this water to drain into the ground.[1]69.6.162.160 03:24, 19 September 2006 (UTC)Brian Pearson[reply]
Whats that big fuckoff one they built in china recently? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.107.96.67 (talk) 22:55, 9 October 2007 (UTC)[reply]
The article mentions that reservoirs can be natural, but the article offers no information on those that are natural. Anyone have imput in providing this info? --Bentonia School 11:48, 22 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
There are a couple of types of reservoir which I was about to add:
On thinking about it, I think these two, and irrigation reservoirs and flood control reservoirs should all be dealt with in a single section, called something like 'Reservoirs controlling waterways' perhaps? --VinceBowdren 21:32, 28 May 2007 (UTC)[reply]
Is this really the correct term?
I'm more familiar with "man-made lake". After all, it's a real lake with real water. It just wasn't formed by the natural forces of geology. Breendix (talk) 19:56, 8 February 2008 (UTC)[reply]
Having been unhappy with this article for some time, I have started out on an upgrade. This is not a single editor crusade - please join in !
However I am concious that because of my background many of the examples are Welsh and the references often from the UK. I would welcome other examples from across the world and a range of other referencess if anyone has them. Velela Velela Talk 19:14, 8 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
I have deleted most of the following para as I cannot locate references for it but I have copied it here in case it can be rescued.
Velela Velela Talk 17:26, 9 June 2010 (UTC)[reply]
Coming back to the definition issue, the current one sucks. Reservoirs are bodies of water whose water is reserved or stored up for use elsewhere. Ideally, it should only describe such bodies, deliberately constructed. Generally, it could also include such bodies as those created as side-effects of dams or even natural bodies such as Victoria if they are being adapted for use as a reservoir of water.
What it ain't is a catch-all that should be getting artificial lake redirected to it. Recreational lakes such as Taiye Lake in old Beijing or Kunming Lake there now are certainly artificial but not reservoirs in any meaningful sense of the word. Their water is only ornamental or for enjoyment on site. Count me in support of any future split of the material currently being covered here. — LlywelynII 12:01, 15 November 2013 (UTC)[reply]
Or just anywhere that "a dam" is used in this article or the arguments in favor of describing a reservoir as a "natural body" of water, make much more sense if a definite article were used, as in THE damned, as no matter how sturdy they are or have been engineered by the minds of foolish men, they always break, at which point The water, or The blood (depending on whether you are among the living or dead) is restored to The People and Places it Naturally belongs to -Dirtclustit (talk) 15:22, 18 September 2014 (UTC)[reply]
It would be excellent to add information on mitigating water seepage and feasibility requirements dealing with seepage and evaporation for large reservoirs (is there a limit of 2% water loss/year, for example, to make the project feasible). GreatZar — Preceding undated comment added 05:58, 15 June 2015 (UTC)[reply]
The subject is about reservoirs in India, which are called tanks. The contents of this page should easily fit into the reservoir article. Rehman 03:21, 3 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]
What is noteworthy is the total absence of references to reservoirs for irrigation in this article. I would urge that this article is improved to include a section on irrigation which could then include a link to Irrigation tank. There is no justification for a merge at this stage. Velella Velella Talk 23:00, 30 December 2017 (UTC)[reply]
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Suppose you were given a school project, "Improve the reservoir article." What's the next thing that needs improvement? Andy Dingley (talk) 14:31, 10 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]
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FYI I redirected the following links to Lake#Artificial lakes, per the definitions of the terms. Reservoir refers to the purpose of retaining water, while artificial lake refers to a type of formation. "Artificial lake" had already been redirected. For further discussion see Talk:Lake.
Exobiotic 💬 ✒️ 13:47, 27 August 2023 (UTC)[reply]