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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 December 2024. Reservoir in San Diego, California Lake Murray Lake Murray viewed from the air Lake Murray Show map of California Lake Murray Show map of the United States Location San Diego, California Coordinates 32°47′10″N 117°02′39″W / 32.7861°N 117.0442°W / 32.7861; -117. ...
It is a cooperative of fourteen cities, eleven municipal water districts, and one county water authority, that provides water to 19 million people in a 5,200-square-mile (13,000 km 2) service area. It was created by an act of the California State Legislature in 1928, primarily to build and operate the Colorado River Aqueduct .
When full, the reservoir covers 1,234 acres (4.99 km 2), has a maximum water depth of 115 feet (35 m), and a shoreline of 27 miles (43 km). [1] Lake Hodges is owned by the City of San Diego and supplies water to the San Dieguito Water District and Santa Fe Irrigation District. Lake Hodges has a total capacity of 30,251 acre-feet of water. [2]
In 1968, the construction of Pipeline 4, of the Second Aqueduct, began. Pipeline 4 was completed in 1971. In 2005, the San Diego County Water Authority began construction on the 11-mile-long (18 km), 8.5-foot-wide (2.6 m) San Vicente Pipeline, connecting San Vicente Reservoir to the Second Aqueduct. Construction on the project was completed in ...
The Miramar Water Treatment Plant was completed in 1962. [1] Approximately 500,000 customers in the northern section of the city are served by Miramar Reservoir. An upgrade and expansion project to the Miramar Water Treatment Plant began in summer 1998 with construction starting in May 2001. The project was completed in 2011.
As a worsening drought forces millions of Californians to face mandatory water restrictions, one corner of Southern California has largely shielded itself from supply-related woes: San Diego County.
The city of San Diego purchased the dam from Mountain Water Company in 1914. Since then, it has been raised several times to increase its capacity – 5 feet (1.5 m) in 1917, 10 feet (3.0 m) in 1923, 4 feet (1.2 m) in 1930 and 2 feet (0.61 m) in 1946.
People in the San Diego area were told to boil tap water and use bottled water for drinking and cooking after E. coli was detected in water at one local site. ... More than 17,000 individual ...