| Whiting Street Reservoir | |
| Name Official: | Whiting Street Reservoir |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Location: | Holyoke, Massachusetts |
| Purpose: | Drinking water supply |
| Coordinates: | 42.2415°N -72.636°W |
| Status: | Operational |
| Opening: | 1888 |
| Owner: | City of Holyoke |
| Operator: | Holyoke Water Works |
| Res Capacity Total: | 479e6USgal |
| Res Catchment: | 897acres |
| Res Surface: | 114acres |
| Res Max Length: | 6280feet |
| Res Elevation: | 118m (387feet) |
| Location Map: | USA Holyoke#USA Massachusetts#USA |
| Location Map Caption: | Location in the United States |
| Location Map Size: | 180px |
| Website: | http://www.holyoke.org/departments/water-works/ |
Whiting Street Reservoir, often shortened as Whiting Reservoir a Class I hazard reservoir, is an auxiliary drinking supply for the city of Holyoke, Massachusetts. The reservoir has an impound capacity of more than 479 million gallons of water and a safe yield of 1.5e6USgal of water per day.[1] The reservoir's construction finished and it became fully operational in 1888, with an access road added in 1897. The reservoir was built by damming up Raging Brook with a sandstone dam and earthen berm. Though the third water source added to the Holyoke Water Works, the reservoir was the first in the system to be created by a dam.[2] Fishing is not allowed in the reservoir to protect against aquatic invasive species. Following new filtration requirements in the 1980s, the Reservoir was put on standby in the early 1990s.[3]
Regulations designed to ensure pure water include the prohibiting of dogs, horseback riding, camping, smoking, sledding and motorcycle riding are among prohibited activities from the reservoir and abutting property.[4] The trail and access road around the reservoir was rededicated in 2018 as the Rudy Lengieza Cross Country Course for a former coach of high schools' boys and girls cross-country Holyoke Catholic High School who had served in that post for more than 50 years.[5]