Spreading Facility Information
BRANFORD SPREADING BASIN
BASIN TYPE:
Deep
No. OF BASINS:
1
SEASON FIRST USED:
1956-57
AREA
 
GROSS:
12 ACRES
WETTED:
7.0 ACRES
CAPACITIES
 
CHANNEL**:
1,540 cfs CFS
INTAKES:
1,540 cfs
STORAGE:
137 AF
PERCOLATION*:
1 CFS
LOCATION:
Southwesterly of Arleta Ave. above confluence of Tujunga Wash and Pacoima Diversion Channel.
SOURCE OF WATER:
Uncontrolled flows from Branford Street drain.
REMARKS:
Instream spreading facility. Outlet capacity 1,540 CFS to Pacoima Diversion Channel.
* The capacity listed is estimates of infiltration rates.
** Design capacity of main channel.

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