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Crystal Springs Reservoir is a pair of artificial lakes located in the northern Santa Cruz Mountains of San Mateo County, California operated by the San Francisco Public Utilities Commission for water supply to the San Francisco peninsula.
The Crystal Springs Pump Station was built alongside the dam and gatehouse, and was designed to pump up water from the Crystal Springs Reservoir to nearby San Andreas Lake, where it could thereafter be distributed across San Francisco. Upon completion, the outlet works had a flow capacity of 25 million gallons per day.
Crystal Springs Regional Trail map (Nov 2018) Starting from the south, the trail begins in a parking lot located just north of the Crystal Springs Dam.The southern end of the trail is located on the east side of Lower Crystal Springs Reservoir, near the intersection of Crystal Springs Road and State Route 35, [1] and it generally heads north parallel to the long axis (i.e. north-south) of the ...
Crystal Springs reservoir is long and narrow because it lies atop the San Andreas Fault. The famous fault runs right through the Crystal Springs Reservoir. Satellite images and maps show the long narrow San Andreas rift continuing north of San Francisco in Tomales Bay, in Point Reyes National Seashore in a straight line. The Crystal Springs Dam ...
In the Bay Area, Hetch Hetchy water is stored in local facilities including Calaveras Reservoir, Crystal Springs Reservoir, and San Antonio Reservoir. [57] Pipelines 3 and 4 end at the Pulgas Water Temple, a small park that contains classical architectural elements which celebrate the water delivery. [58]
The reservoir had been offline since at least February of last year for repairs to leaks and its cover. The facility was able to store up to 117 million gallons of water.
Laguna Creek is a perennial stream that flows northwesterly for 2.6 miles (4.2 km) [5] along the San Andreas Fault from Woodside in San Mateo County, California and, after crossing the Phleger Estate and Filoli, enters Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir, [6] where it is a historic tributary to San Mateo Creek. [7]
The next day they reached a "Laguna Grande" which today is covered by the Upper Crystal Springs Reservoir. The campsite is marked by California Historical Marker No. 94 "Portola Expedition Camp", located at Crystal Springs Dam, on Skyline Boulevard, 0.1 mi south of Crystal Springs Road. [2]