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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.
Del Valle Regional Park is a part of the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD) in an unincorporated region of Alameda County, California, 10 miles (16 km) south of the city of Livermore. [1] The park covers 4,316 acres (~17.47 km 2 ., ~6.74 sq. mi.).
The tributaries of Alameda creek include Arroyo de la Laguna, Arroyo Valle, San Antonio Creek and Calaveras Creek, whose main tributary is Arroyo Hondo. The watershed includes three man-made reservoirs: Lake Del Valle, San Antonio Reservoir and Calaveras Reservoir. [13] The Alameda Creek Watershed can be divided into six major reaches:
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.
Lake Del Valle: Del Valle Dam: Arroyo Valle: Alameda: California Department of Water Resources: ... Lake Hemet Municipal Water District: 1895: Masonry (arch) 135: 41: ...
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Del Valle Dam: Lake Del Valle/ South Bay Aqueduct: 1968 77,000 95,000 Arroyo Valle: Storage Elderberry Forebay Dam: Elderberry Forebay: 1974 [74] 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 ...
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