San Justo Dam Explained

San Justo Dam is a dam and reservoir in San Benito County, California, about 3spell=inNaNspell=in southwest of Hollister. The dam provides offstream water storage for the federal Central Valley Project via the Pacheco Conduit and Hollister Conduit fed by the San Luis Reservoir.

Completed in January 1986, the dam is an earthfill structure high. Along with a companion dike structure high, it forms a reservoir with a capacity of about 9785acre-ft.^[1]

San Justo Reservoir [CLOSED] was closed in 2008, following a Zebra mussel infection and remains closed until further notice.^[2]

See also

• List of lakes in California

External links

36.8272°N -121.4442°W

Notes and References

1. Web site: Project details - San Felipe Division Project - Bureau of Reclamation . 2012-07-18 . 2012-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120921004217/http://www.usbr.gov/projects/Project.jsp?proj_Name=San%20Felipe%20Division%20Project . dead .
2. Web site: San Justo Reservoir.