Le Devoir at the Rosemont reservoir

Le Devoir’s Alexis Riopel visits the Rosemont reservoir, a massive water tank under Étienne-Desmarteau park. This reservoir was initially excavated decades ago but, for some reason, never completed; the city revived the project in 2014 and put it into service late last year.

Interesting side note: the city’s consumption of potable water has declined by 26% since the new millennium because repairs to chronically leaky water mains have reduced wastage.