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Lake description. The lake is on Arroyo Valle (Spanish for "creek of the valley") in the Diablo Range, and is formed by Del Valle Dam, completed in 1968 (56 years ago). [2] The lake and dam are part of the California State Water Project, as part of the South Bay Aqueduct. The lake serves in part as off-stream storage for the South Bay Aqueduct.
Construction crews began work on the lake in 1966. [4] The construction of Del Valle Reservoir was finished in 1968. [5] Del Valle Regional Park was opened to the public in 1970, [6] 36 years after the EBRPD was founded in 1934. [7]
Alameda Creek (Spanish: Arroyo de la Alameda) is a large perennial stream in the San Francisco Bay Area. The creek runs for 45 miles (72 km) from a lake northeast of Packard Ridge to the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay by way of Niles Canyon and a flood control channel. [1][b] Along its course, Alameda Creek provides wildlife habitat, water ...
Saliencia Lakes are a conjoined group of post-glacial lakes in Somiedo, Asturias, Spain. They are situated in the Somiedo Natural Park and are composed of the following: Calabazosa (or Black Lake), Cerveriz, Almagrera Lagoon (or La Mina), and Lago de la Cueva. Lago del Valle, at 5,085 feet (1,550 m) above sea level, is the largest in the group ...
Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area is a regional park on the border of Pleasanton and Livermore, California, that is part of the East Bay Regional Parks (EBRP) system. Its lake, once a gravel pit, has a sandy beach and is used for swimming, fishing, and recreational boating. The park once featured water slides, which were closed in 2011 and ...
Arroyo Valle or Arroyo Del Valle[ 2] is a 36.4-mile-long (58.6 km) [ 3] westward-flowing stream that begins in northeastern Santa Clara County, California, and flows northwesterly into Alameda County where it is dammed to form Lake Del Valle. After that Arroyo Valle is a tributary to Arroyo de la Laguna which in turn flows into Alameda Creek ...
Water flow then continues about nine miles to a junction point where a portion is diverted into a 1 1/2-mile branch line and pumped into Lake Del Valle. Beyond the Del Valle junction, the water flows by pipeline to La Costa Tunnel, proceeds southwest past Sunol, through the Mission Tunnel, then south through the hills overlooking San Francisco Bay.
Del Valle Dam: Lake Del Valle/ South Bay Aqueduct: 1968 77,000 95,000 Arroyo Valle: Storage Elderberry Forebay Dam: Elderberry Forebay: 1974 [73] 24,800 30,600 Castaic Creek/ West Branch California Aqueduct: Power Reregulation Fish Barrier Dam 1964 Feather River: Mitigation Frenchman Dam: Frenchman Lake: 1961 55,477 68,430 Little Last Chance ...