{"id":1673,"date":"2022-03-15T23:25:58","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T23:25:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cwcedb.utah.edu\/?page_id=1673"},"modified":"2025-11-12T23:54:39","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T23:54:39","slug":"reservoir-storage","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cwc.utah.gov\/central-wasatch-dashboard\/water\/reservoir-storage\/","title":{"rendered":"Reservoir Storage"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is a reservoir?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>A reservoir is a humanmade lake that is created when a dam is built on a river. River water backs up behind the dam creating a reservoir. Reservoirs are built to store freshwater and function as a direct source of water supply as well as to balance supply across periods of high flow input (snowmelt runoff for example) and periods of time associated with low or no water flow conditions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usgs.gov\/special-topics\/water-science-school\/science\/lakes-and-reservoirs\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">UGS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/water.utah.gov\/reservoirlevels\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Click here <\/a>for more information from the Utah Geological Survey regarding reservoir storage conditions in Utah.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Select reservoir site locations on the map to explore reservoir storage data within the Central Wasatch Mountain region.<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Update Frequency: Data automatically updated daily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class='tableauPlaceholder' id='viz1758307640599' style='position: relative'><noscript><a href='#'><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" alt='Dashboard 1 ' src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/public.tableau.com\/static\/images\/Hi\/Historic_reservoirs_automated\/Dashboard1\/1_rss.png?w=1200&#038;ssl=1\" style='border: none' \/><\/a><\/noscript><object class='tableauViz'  style='display:none;'><param name='host_url' value='https%3A%2F%2Fpublic.tableau.com%2F' \/> <param name='embed_code_version' value='3' \/> <param name='site_root' value='' \/><param name='name' value='Historic_reservoirs_automated&#47;Dashboard1' \/><param name='tabs' value='no' \/><param name='toolbar' value='yes' \/><param name='static_image' value='https:&#47;&#47;public.tableau.com&#47;static&#47;images&#47;Hi&#47;Historic_reservoirs_automated&#47;Dashboard1&#47;1.png' \/> <param name='animate_transition' value='yes' \/><param name='display_static_image' value='yes' \/><param name='display_spinner' value='yes' \/><param name='display_overlay' value='yes' \/><param name='display_count' value='yes' \/><param name='language' value='en-US' \/><\/object><\/div>                <script type='text\/javascript'>                    var divElement = document.getElementById('viz1758307640599');                    var vizElement = divElement.getElementsByTagName('object')[0];                    if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 800 ) { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';} else if ( divElement.offsetWidth > 500 ) { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height=(divElement.offsetWidth*0.75)+'px';} else { vizElement.style.width='100%';vizElement.style.height='1127px';}                     var scriptElement = document.createElement('script');                    scriptElement.src = 'https:\/\/public.tableau.com\/javascripts\/api\/viz_v1.js';                    vizElement.parentNode.insertBefore(scriptElement, vizElement);                <\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is a reservoir? 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