List of dams and reservoirs in New Jersey explained
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 50feet tall with a storage capacity of at least 5000acre.ft, or of any height with a storage capacity of 25000acre.ft.[1]
Dams and reservoirs in New Jersey
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- Beatties Dam, Passaic River Little Falls
- Brick Township Reservoir, Brick Township Municipal Utilities Authority
- Butler Reservoir, Passaic County
- Colonial Lake, Lawrence Township
- Dundie Dam, Passaic River
- Furry Lake, East Brunswick and North Brunswick
- Furnace Road Dam, Wanaque Reservoir, North Jersey District Water Supply Authority
- Hackensack Reservoir No. 2, United Water New Jersey
- Jersey City Reservoir No. 3
- Lake Carnegie Dam, Lake Carnegie, Princeton University
- Lake Hopatcong Dam, Lake Hopatcong, New Jersey Division Of Parks And Forestry
- Lake Musconetcong Dam. Lake Musconetcong
- Lake Tappan Dam, Lake Tappan, United Water New Jersey
- Manasquan Reservoir Dam, Manasquan Reservoir, New Jersey Water Supply Authority
- Mercer Lake, Mercer County Park
- Merrill Creek Dam, Merrill Creek Reservoir, Merrill Creek Owners Group
- Monksville Dam, Monksville Reservoir, North Jersey District Water Supply
- Oradell Reservoir Dam, Oradell Reservoir, United Water New Jersey
- Parsippany Dike, Boonton Reservoir (Jersey City Reservoir), Jersey City Department of Water
- Point View Dam, Point View Reservoir, Passaic Valley Water Commission
- multiple dams, Round Valley Reservoir, New Jersey Water Supply Authority
- Shadow Lake Dam, on Nut Swamp Brook in Monmouth County
- S.U.M. Dam, Passaic River Paterson
- Spruce Run Reservoir Dam, Spruce Run Reservoir, New Jersey Water Supply Authority
- Lake Sylva, The College of New Jersey
- Woodcliff Lake Dam, Woodcliff Lake Reservoir, United Water New Jersey
- Yards Creek Generating Station, upper and lower reservoirs
See also
Notes and References
- Web site: Major Dams of the United States. National Atlas of the United States. USGS. September 17, 2009. October 24, 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090814080910/http://nationalatlas.gov/mld/dams00x.html. August 14, 2009. dead.
