Spreading Facility Information
LOPEZ SPREADING GROUNDS
BASIN TYPE:
Shallow
No. OF BASINS:
6
SEASON FIRST USED:
1956-57
AREA
 
GROSS:
18 ACRES
WETTED:
12.0 ACRES
CAPACITIES
 
CHANNEL**:
11,000 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
25 cfs
STORAGE:
24 AF
PERCOLATION*:
15 CFS
LOCATION:
Southeasterly side of Pacoima Wash, northeasterly of Foothill Blvd.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Controlled flows from Pacoima Dan and Lopez Flood Control Basin.
REMARKS:
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.

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