Occoquan Reservoir

E580593

drinking water reservoir reservoir

Occoquan Reservoir is a man-made lake in Northern Virginia that serves as a major drinking water source and recreational area for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
Occoquan Reservoir canonical	2

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	drinking water reservoir ⓘ reservoir ⓘ
basinCountry	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
createdBy	construction of a dam near Occoquan, Virginia ⓘ impoundment of the Occoquan River ⓘ
formedBy	Occoquan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasInflow	Occoquan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasOutflow	Occoquan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasShorelineUse	parkland ⓘ residential development ⓘ
length	approximately 17 miles ⓘ approximately 27 kilometers ⓘ
locatedIn	Fairfax County, Virginia ⓘ Northern Virginia ⓘ Prince William County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Virginia ⓘ Washington metropolitan area ⓘ surface form: Washington, D.C. metropolitan area
locatedNear	City of Woodbridge, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Town of Occoquan, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ
managedBy	Fairfax Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
nearbyProtectedArea	Fountainhead Regional Park NERFINISHED ⓘ Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge NERFINISHED ⓘ Occoquan Regional Park NERFINISHED ⓘ
operator	Fairfax Water NERFINISHED ⓘ
partOf	Occoquan Watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ Potomac River watershed NERFINISHED ⓘ
primaryFunction	major drinking water source for the Washington, D.C. metropolitan region ⓘ
prohibitedActivity	swimming ⓘ
recreationalActivity	boating ⓘ canoeing ⓘ fishing ⓘ kayaking ⓘ rowing ⓘ
region	Mid-Atlantic states ⓘ surface form: Mid-Atlantic United States
suppliesWaterTo	Fairfax County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ Prince William County, Virginia NERFINISHED ⓘ parts of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area ⓘ
surfaceArea	approximately 2,100 acres ⓘ approximately 8.5 square kilometers ⓘ
use	drinking water supply ⓘ flood control ⓘ recreation ⓘ
watercourse	Occoquan River NERFINISHED ⓘ
waterQualityConcern	algal blooms ⓘ nutrient pollution ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Occoquan River → hasReservoir → Occoquan Reservoir ⓘ

Fairfax Station, Virginia → hasNearbyPark → Occoquan Reservoir ⓘ