| San Vicente Reservoir | |
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 Panorama of San Vicente Reservoir - May 2011 | |
  San Vicente Reservoir  San Vicente Reservoir | |
| Location | San Diego County, California |
| Coordinates | 32°54′44″N 116°55′30″W / 32.9122701°N 116.9250274°W |
| Type | Reservoir |
| Primary inflows | San Vicente Creek, First San Diego Aqueduct |
| Primary outflows | San Vicente Creek, San Vicente Pipelines 1 and 2 |
| Catchment area | 75 sq mi (190 km2) [1] |
| Basin countries | United States |
| Managing agency | City of San Diego |
| Surface area | 1,600 acres (6.5 km2) |
| Water volume | 390,430,000 cu yd (242,000 acre⋅ft) |
| Surface elevation | 207 m (679 ft) |
| Website |
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San Vicente Reservoir is a reservoir created by the San Vicente Dam in San Diego County, California. It is located in the Cuyamaca Mountains, approximately 4.3 miles (6.9 km) north of Lakeside off California State Route 67.
Description
The reservoir is formed by impounding the waters of San Vicente Creek, and the Colorado River via the First San Diego Aqueduct branch of the Colorado River Aqueduct from Lake Havasu. [2] It is the largest reservoir in the city of San Diego, with a storage capacity of 249,358.0 acre-feet (0.3075786 km3) ( https://www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/levels)
In 2009, construction began of a $568 million project to increase the size of San Vicente Reservoir twofold. San Diego County Water Authority officials are hoping to receive funding from Proposition 18 (the $11.1 billion bond to upgrade the Californian water supply), but will continue the upgrade without these funds if the Proposition is unsuccessful. [1]
Recreation
The raising of the dam more than doubled the reservoir's past capacity of 145,200,000 cu yd (111,000,000 m3) by increasing it 245,226,666 cu yd (187,489,239 m3) to a total of 390,426,666 cu yd (298,502,604 m3). [3] The reservoir is a popular place for fishing, boating, waterskiing and wakeboarding. [4]
See also
- San Vicente Reservoir - City of San Diego
- List of reservoirs and dams in California
- List of lakes in California
References
- ^ Hill, Joseph (Winter 2002). "Dry Rivers, Dammed Rivers and Floods: An Early History of the Struggle Between Droughts and Floods in San Diego". The Journal of San Diego History, Volume 48, Number 1. Retrieved 2010-07-28.
- ^ Department of Water Resources (2009). "San Vicente Reservoir (SVT)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
- ^ "San Vicente Dam Raise". San Diego County Water Authority. Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
- ^ "San Vicente Reservoir". City of San Diego.
External links
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Vicente Reservoir
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Vicente Creek
- U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: San Vicente Dam
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