Sand Hollow System

 

Capacity
51,360 acre feet

 

Surface area
Over 1,000 acres

 

North Dam (rockfilled with a clay core)
Height: 97 feet
Length: 3,000 feet 

 

West Dam (rockfilled with a clay core)
Height: 57 feet
Length: 7,500 feet 

Project Cost
$31,264,919

 

Pipeline
Length: 4.7 miles
Size: 60-inch
Capacity: 120 cubic feet per second

 

Recharge (seepage and infiltration)
4,500 to 11,000 acre-feet of water into the Navajo Sandstone Aquifer annually

Aquifer storage capacity 300,000 acre-feet

 

Engineers
Rollins, Brown & Gunnell and Alpha Engineering
 

 

 

 

The Sand Hollow Reservoir began filling on April 8, 2002.
The reservoir was dedicated on April 18, 2003.

Benefits of Sand Hollow Reservoir