Infrastructure having a large reservoir and method of operating same

Abstract

There is described an infrastructure generally having a reservoir having a base having a first periphery, a wall having a first wall portion hermetically mounted to the first periphery of the base, the first wall portion upwardly protruding to a second wall portion defining a second periphery, and a top surface hermetically mounted to the second periphery of the wall, inner surfaces of the base, the wall and the top surface collectively forming a closed cavity for receiving liquid, the top surface having a depression forming an open cavity for receiving liquid. There is described a method of operating the infrastructure by at least one of heating and maintaining liquid confined within the closed cavity to a first temperature; and the liquid confined within the closed cavity at least one of heating and maintaining liquid received within the open cavity to a second temperature lower than the first temperature.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.