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Following is a list of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey.. All major dams are linked below. The National Inventory of Dams defines any "major dam" as being 50 feet (15 m) tall with a storage capacity of at least 5,000 acre-feet (6,200,000 m 3), or of any height with a storage capacity of 25,000 acre-feet (31,000,000 m 3).
According to the North Jersey District Water Supply Commission, which operates the Wanaque and Monksville Reservoirs, the Wanaque Reservoir was at 73.5% of capacity on Sept. 1 and is now at 68.6%.
The reservoir was completed in 1923. [8] The Oradell Reservoir and its tributaries are currently protected with Category 1 water purity status in New Jersey. The reservoir is managed by United Water New Jersey, a unit of Suez North America, a private utility. It provides drinking water for an estimated 750,000 residents of Bergen and Hudson ...
180 ft (55 m) Water volume. 55,000,000,000 US gal (0.21 km 3) Surface elevation. 381 ft (116 m) The Round Valley Reservoir in Clinton Township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States, was formed in 1960 when the New Jersey Water Authority constructed two large dams and flooded a large valley. The reservoir is named after the naturally ...
Lake DeForest, also called DeForest Lake, [1]: 195–213 is a reservoir in Clarkstown, New York, created in 1956 by impounding the Hackensack River, which is a principal part of the water supply for Rockland County, New York and Northern New Jersey, mainly Bergen and Hudson counties. [2] The reservoir is owned and operated by Suez North America ...
Merrill Creek Reservoir, located in Harmony Township, New Jersey in central Warren County, New Jersey, [1] is a 650-acre (260 ha) artificial lake designed to hold 15 billion gallons of water that is surrounded by 290 acres (120 ha) of protected woodland and fields. These lands are themselves part of 2,000 acres (8.1 km 2) of open spaces.
7 billion US gallons (26,000,000 m 3) Surface elevation. 400 ft (120 m) Monksville Reservoir, New Jersey, seen from the south. Photo: Erlend Bjørtvedt. The Monksville Reservoir is an artificial lake created in 1987 by damming on the Wanaque River in Ringwood, New Jersey. It is named after the former community of Monksville, which was relocated ...
The Manasquan Reservoir is a source of water for municipalities and utilities, as well as a 1,204- acre (4.87 km 2) park, located in Howell Township, in Monmouth County, New Jersey, United States. The reservoir doubles as a park that is part of the Monmouth County Park System. The park has trails, a visitor's center, a nature/environmental ...