empty reservoir
Dry water storage
An empty reservoir is a water storage basin that has been drained or depleted.
The phrase often appears in news about droughts and water shortages: The empty reservoir exposed ruins that had been submerged for decades.
Figuratively, it describes exhausted resources or energy: After the project, she was running on an empty reservoir.
- dryFree from moisture
- bone dryTotally devoid of moisture
- droughtProlonged water scarcity
- dust bowlErosion-ravaged drought zone
- depletedSeverely reduced or emptied
dried up · basin · dam · water level · low tide · lakebed · cracked · cracked earth · barren · water · thirst · water shortage · shortage · drained · parched · mudflat · spillway · dusty