San Vicente Reservoir
Panorama of San Vicente Reservoir - May 2011
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Location	San Diego County, California
Coordinates	32°54′44″N 116°55′30″W / 32.9122701°N 116.9250274°W / 32.9122701; -116.9250274
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	www.sandiego.gov/reservoirs-lakes/san-vicente-reservoir

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]