San Vicente Reservoir Closing September 2

[sTony]

San Vicente Reservoir will be closing to all recreation September 2, after Labor Day weekend, for six to nine years to raise the height of the dam 117 feet.

Both fishing and water contact activities will be allowed on Labor Day (September 1).

Construction on the San Diego County Water Authority's San Vicente Dam Raise Project is scheduled to begin in early 2009 and will take about four years. Refilling the reservoir after construction will take another two to five years.

The city of San Diego has been lowering the water level at San Vicente Reservoir to prepare for construction. The reservoir will reopen to recreation sometime between 2014 and 2017, once the water level reaches the new boat launch ramp. The length of time needed to refill the reservoir will depend on rainfall and water supply and demand. The Water Authority is working with the city of San Diego to reopen the reservoir to recreation as soon as possible.

The San Vicente Dam Raise Project is part of the Emergency Storage Project, which is creating new emergency water storage and pipeline connections to enable water to continue to flow throughout the region even if our imported water supply is disrupted. For more information about the San Vicente Dam Raise Project or to sign up to be on the project email list, please click here.

You may also call the toll-free project information line at (877) 426-2010 or email us at espinfo@sdcwa.org.

Source: San Diego County Water Authority

[some guy]

that's going to be a big body of water once it is full. I can't wait.