1834 15 Nov. This gentleman proposes..to bring the water from the Eccup streams..thence to conduct it..into a service reservoir on Woodhouse Moor.
1967 J. H. Stephens iii. 49 The purpose of the service reservoir, and its close relative, the water tower, is to allow for the peaks in demand.
2007 (Nexis) 28 Oct. 63 Service reservoirs were constructed on several of Brisbane's many hilltops.