Spreading Facility Information

SAN GABRIEL RIVER RUBBER DAMS 1-7
BASIN TYPE:
Shallow
No. OF BASINS:
7
SEASON FIRST USED:
1954-55
AREA
 
GROSS:
308 ACRES
WETTED:
308.0 ACRES
CAPACITIES
 
CHANNEL**:
20,000 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
In river Percolation
STORAGE:
1012 AF
PERCOLATION*:
75 CFS
LOCATION:
Headworks to Firestone Ave. only. Storage behind the seven rubber dams installed at each drop structure.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Controlled releases from San Gabriel Canyon Dams, Santa Fe and Whittier Narrows Dams. Also imported and reclaimed water.
REMARKS:
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.

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