Perris Dam

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earthfill dam embankment dam

Perris Dam is a large earthfill embankment dam in Riverside County, California, that forms Lake Perris as part of the state’s major water storage and distribution system.

Aliases (1)

Perris Reservoir ×1

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	earthfill dam → embankment dam →
basinCountry	United States →
constructionBegan	1970 →
constructionMaterial	earthfill →
country	United States →
damType	zoned earthfill embankment →
forms	Lake Perris →
hasFunction	emergency water storage → regulating deliveries of State Water Project supplies →
hasSeismicRetrofit	yes →
hasSpillway	yes →
height	about 113 feet →
length	about 2 miles →
locatedIn	California → Lake Perris State Recreation Area → Riverside County, California NERFINISHED →
locatedInMetropolitanArea	Inland Empire →
locatedNear	City of Perris, California → Moreno Valley, California →
managingAgency	California Department of Parks and Recreation →
namedAfter	City of Perris →
nearProtectedArea	Lake Perris State Recreation Area →
openingDate	1973 →
operator	California Department of Water Resources →
owner	California Department of Water Resources →
partOf	California State Water Project → California water storage and distribution system →
purpose	recreation → water storage → water supply →
regionServed	Southern California →
reservoirCapacity	about 131,000 acre-feet →
reservoirElevation	about 1,560 feet above sea level →
reservoirName	Lake Perris →
reservoirUse	boating → camping → fishing → swimming →
riverCrossed	Bernasconi Wash →
seismicRemediationCompleted	around 2018 →
seismicRemediationConstructionBegan	2014 →
seismicSafetyConcernsIdentified	2005 →
status	operational →
waterSource	California Aqueduct → State Water Project imports →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
State Water Project →	hasComponent
SWP →	includesComponent
California Aqueduct ("Perris Reservoir") →	notableReservoirConnection