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San Vicente Reservoir

Coordinates: 32°54′44″N 116°55′30″W / 32.9122701°N 116.9250274°W / 32.9122701; -116.9250274
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San Vicente Reservoir
Panorama of San Vicente Reservoir - May 2011
Location of San Vicente Reservoir in California, USA.
Location of San Vicente Reservoir in California, USA.
San Vicente Reservoir
Location of San Vicente Reservoir in California, USA.
Location of San Vicente Reservoir in California, USA.
San Vicente Reservoir
LocationSan Diego County, California
Coordinates32°54′44″N 116°55′30″W / 32.9122701°N 116.9250274°W / 32.9122701; -116.9250274
TypeReservoir
Primary inflowsSan Vicente Creek, First San Diego Aqueduct
Primary outflowsSan Vicente Creek, San Vicente Pipelines 1 and 2
Catchment area75 sq mi (190 km2)[1]
Basin countriesUnited States
Surface area1,600 acres (6.5 km2)
Water volume390,430,000 cu yd (242,000 acre⋅ft)

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 AF (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

References

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ Department of Water Resources (2009). "San Vicente Reservoir (SVT)". California Data Exchange Center. State of California. Retrieved 2009-09-09.
  3. ^ "San Vicente Dam Raise". San Diego County Water Authority. Archived from the original on 3 August 2010. Retrieved 28 July 2010.
  4. ^ "San Vicente Reservoir". City of San Diego.