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Project
Description
The Lake Hodges Projects
are part of the San Diego County Water Authority's Emergency Storage
Project, a system of reservoirs, interconnected pipelines and pumping
stations designed to make water available to the San Diego region in
the event of an interruption in imported water deliveries.
The Lake Hodges Projects will connect the city of San Diego’s
Hodges Reservoir, also called Lake Hodges, to the Water Authority’s
Olivenhain Reservoir. The connection provides the ability to store 20,000
acre-feet of water in Hodges Reservoir for emergency use. The connection
will also allow water to be pumped back and forth between Hodges Reservoir
and Olivenhain Reservoir. From Olivenhain Reservoir, water can be distributed
throughout the region by the Water Authority’s delivery system.
When water is transferred downhill from Olivenhain Reservoir into Hodges
Reservoir, it will generate up to 40-megawatts of peak hydroelectric
energy, enough power to annually sustain nearly 26,000 homes. This energy
will help offset project operating costs and support future Water Authority
projects. The Lake Hodges Projects will also help keep Hodges Reservoir
at a more constant level during dry seasons, capture runoff during rainy
seasons and prevent spills over Hodges Dam.
The Lake Hodges Projects construction has four components:
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Pipeline Tunnel – a 10-foot diameter underground pipeline,
contained in a 1.25 mile long tunnel, connecting the two reservoirs,
• Pump Station – a pump station to move water back
and forth between the two reservoirs and generate electricity,
• Electrical Switchyard – an electrical switchyard
providing electricity to the pump station and sending electricity from
the pump station to a local transmission system, SDG&E will build
one part and the Water Authority will build adjacent equipment,
• Inlet-outlet Structure – an inlet-outlet
structure below the water surface that draws and discharges water between
the Hodges Reservoir and the pump station.
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COAST-TO-CREST
TRAIL
Trail Status:
Closed through late 2009
The Lake Hodges Projects construction work required
closing a section of the Coast-to-Crest Trail that runs through the
pump station and inlet-outlet construction zone.This closure was done
to protect the public safety. The San Diego County Water Authority,
in coordination with the San Dieguito River Park Joint Powers Authority,
examined all potential alternative routes and found none.
The Water Authority is committed to reopening the trail
as soon as the Lake Hodges Projects are completed or when the area is
designated safe for persons to use the trail. Information about the
Coast-to-Crest Trail is available on the San Dieguito River Park web
site at www.sdrp.org.
Final
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Community
Information Updates
- Community
Letter – July 25, 2008
- Community
Advisory – May 16, 2008
- Community
Letter – May 9, 2008
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Community Letter – April 11, 2008
- Community
Letter – Jan. 11, 2008
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Community Letter –
Oct. 12, 2007
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Community Letter – June 22, 2007
- Lake
Hodges Hills Community Introduction Letter – June 20, 2007
- Community
Letter – May 11, 2007
- Community
Letter – April 27, 2007
- Community
Letter – Jan. 19, 2007
- Community
Letter – Dec. 11, 2006
- Community
Letter - July 31, 2006
- Community
Letter - April 26, 2006
- Community
Letter - March 27, 2006
- Community
Letter - Jan. 26, 2006
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Community
Meeting Summaries
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Lake
Hodges Community Landscape Committee
The Water Authority formed the Lake Hodges Community
Landscape Committee to provide community input to help design and develop
the future landscaping of the Lake Hodges Projects. Landscaping will
be limited to sections surrounding the Lake Hodges pump station building
site, along the Coast to Crest Trail within the project site, and at
the windsurfer parking lot just south of the pump station. The committee
—comprised from community members from Del Dios, Lake Hodges Hills,
Lake Hodges Native Plant Club, and the San Diego Windsurf Association—
met with Water Authority staff from September 2007 through January 2008.
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Us
For more information
about the Water Authority’s Emergency Storage Project or the Lake
Hodges Projects, please call toll free (877) 426-2010 or
email espinfo@sdcwa.org.
A representative from the project team will return your call within
one business day.
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