Project
Description
The San Vicente Dam Raise is part of the Emergency Storage
Project, a system of reservoirs, interconnected pipelines and pumping
stations designed to make water available to the San Diego region in the
event of an interruption in imported water deliveries.
San Vicente Dam currently stands at 220 feet. It will be raised a total
of 117 feet, in a single raise, to provide both emergency and carryover
water storage. The first 54 feet of the dam raise is part of the Emergency
Storage Project, which will create an additional 52,000 acre-feet of water
storage capacity, over the present 90,000 acre-feet, for use in an emergency.
An additional 63-foot raise, for a total of 117 feet, is for the Carryover
Storage Project, which will allow San Vicente Reservoir to store up
to 100,000 acre-feet of water during wet seasons when it is plentiful
and then carry it over for use in subsequent dry years. The environmental
study for this additional raise is complete and was certified in April
2008.
Construction of the San Vicente Dam Raise project is scheduled to begin
in early 2009 and will take about four years. To assure public safety
during construction, the reservoir will be closed to boating, fishing,
and all other water recreation. The city of San Diego began lowering the
reservoir’s water level, by using it as drinking water, in preparation
for the beginning of the San Vicente Dam Raise construction work. The
reservoir will close as soon as the water level no longer reaches the
boat launch ramp at the marina, expected to be in late summer 2008. San
Vicente Reservoir will reopen to recreation after construction sometime
between 2014 and 2017, as soon as the water level reaches the new boat
launch at the new marina facility. The amount of time needed to refill
the reservoir will depend on water supply and demand.
There will be many new improvements
once the reservoir is reopened. As part of the project, the Water Authority
will improve the reservoir's access road, making it wider and less steep.
Also the boat ramp will be expanded and extended and the size of the parking
area will be increased. The work will also include adding shade trees
and picnic areas.
San
Vicente Dam Raise Fact Sheet 
San
Vicente Reservoir Closure Flyer
Reservoir
Closure Frequently Asked Questions
New
Marina Rendering
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City
Lakes and Recreation
San Vicente Reservoir is owned
and operated by the city of San Diego. For more information about the
reservoir, including directions, water levels and recreation, please visit
the City Lakes and Recreation web page at: www.sandiego.gov/water/recreation/index.shtml
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