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San Vicente Reservoir Closure Update |
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San Vicente
Reservoir is currently open on Saturdays and Sundays only. It is closed
Thursdays and Fridays for construction of the San Vicente Pumping Facilities
project, part of the San Diego County Water Authority's Emergency Storage
Project.
Starting May 1, 2008, the reservoir will reopen on its
normal summer schedule (Thursdays through Sundays). This will be the last summer
season of recreation at San Vicente Reservoir before the full closure for the
San Vicente Dam Raise project. See the reservoir closure schedule below for
details.
Draw-down of the reservoir for the
San Vicente Dam Raise project is scheduled to begin in mid-2008 and the
reservoir will close to all recreation when the water no longer reaches
the boat launch ramp. The reservoir will not be drained completely, but it does
need to be lowered significantly before the dam raise construction can
begin.
Construction of the San Vicente Dam Raise project is
scheduled to start in early 2009 and will take about four years. The reservoir
will reopen to recreation after construction sometime between 2014 and 2017, as
soon as the water level reaches the new boat launch. The amount of time needed
to refill the reservoir will depend on rainfall and water supply and
demand.
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| San Vicente Reservoir
Closure Schedule
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San Vicente Dam will be
raised up to 117 feet as part of the Water Authority's Emergency Storage Project
and Carryover Storage Project. These projects will help ensure that San Diego
County has sufficient water storage in the case of an interruption in imported
water supply and will also store surplus water to use during droughts or other
times of shortage.
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Last Updated ( Friday, March 21 2008 )
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