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Eleven reservoirs have a storage capacity greater than or equal to 1,000,000 acre-feet (1.2 km 3); all of these except one are in or on drainages that feed into the Central Valley. The largest single reservoir in California is Shasta Lake, with a full volume of more than 4,552,000 acre-feet (5.615 km 3).
Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in California in a ... off-stream reservoir: San Mateo: California Water Service Company: 1896: ... Bucks Storage Dam:
California's Fourth Climate Change Assessment found that water storage in the state's two largest reservoirs, Shasta and Oroville, will decrease by one third under current management systems. [115] This decreased water storage combined with less spring and summer runoff conflicts with the state's water demand.
Photos from the California Department of Water Resources show how water levels rose at Lake Oroville and Lake Folsom reservoirs after winter storms. ... when the reservoir storage was 259,754 acre ...
California is one step closer to building its largest water storage facility in nearly 50 years, after a court ruled in favor of the Sites Reservoir project following a challenge by environmental ...
The federal government and some 10 water districts are ponying up $1.1 billion to expand California’s largest reservoir south of the Delta. Their plan is to raise the dam at San Luis Reservoir ...
The 1.73 million acre-feet (2.13 km 3) reservoir would have been located along the California Aqueduct several miles south of San Luis Reservoir, and would have allowed for the storage of water during wet years when extra water could be pumped from the Sacramento–San Joaquin Delta. [66]
California’s reservoirs continue to see historically high levels, with nearly all major reservoirs exceeding their historical averages after record winter storms in 2023 turned the state largely ...