Photo Gallery: New cover for Big Canyon Reservoir

The final touches are put on a new floating cover at Big Canyon Reservoir in Newport Beach on Tuesday. They plan to have the reservoir back up and running by this Thanksgiving. When completed the reservoir will hold up to 200 million gallons of drinking water.

The final touches are put on a new floating cover at Big Canyon Reservoir in Newport Beach on Tuesday. They plan to have the reservoir back up and running by this Thanksgiving. When completed the reservoir will hold up to 200 million gallons of drinking water.  (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)

Finishing the reservoir

A crew member calls out for red tape, to mark and cover up tiny air holes in the new floating cover at Big Canyon Reservoir in Newport Beach on Tuesday.  (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)

Finishing the reservoir

Workers enter and exit through openings, such as this one, on the new floating cover at Big Canyon Reservoir in Newport Beach on Tuesday.  (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)

Finishing the reservoir

George Murdoch, Utilities General Manager for the Municipal Operations Department, left, and Mike Sinacori, an assistant city engineer, take the Daily Pilot on a tour of the new floating cover at Big Canyon Reservoir in Newport Beach.  (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)

Finishing the reservoir

Workers put the finishing touches on a new floating cover at Big Canyon Reservoir in Newport Beach on Tuesday.  (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)

Finishing the reservoir

The City of Newport Beach is putting the final touches on a new floating cover at Big Canyon Reservoir in Newport Beach on Tuesday.  (KEVIN CHANG / Daily Pilot)