Diamond Hill Reservoir

Diamond Hill Reservoir
Pawtucket Upper Reservoir
Diamond Hill Reservoir
Location	Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island
Coordinates	41°59′23″N71°23′55″W / 41.9897°N 71.3985°W / 41.9897; -71.3985
Type	Reservoir
Basin  countries	United States
Built	1971
Surface area	400 acres (160 ha)
Water volume	683,000,000 cu ft (19,340,000 m3)
Surface elevation	200 ft (60 m) [1]

Oblique view of Arnold Mills Reservoir (left) and Diamond Hill Reservoir (right) in 1974

Diamond Hill Reservoir (also known as the Pawtucket Upper Reservoir) is a reservoir in Cumberland, Providence County, Rhode Island near Diamond Hill.

The earthen Diamond Hill Reservoir Dam was constructed in 1971 with a height of 80 feet (24 m), and a length of 2,000 feet (610 m) at its crest. ^[2] It impounds the Abbott Run waterway for municipal drinking water. Both dam and reservoir are owned and operated by the city of Pawtucket's Water Supply Board.

The reservoir it creates has a normal surface area of 390 acres (160 ha), a maximum capacity of 15,680 acre-feet (19.34 million cubic metres ), and a normal storage of 11,000 acre⋅ft (14 million m³). Immediately adjacent to the south is the Arnold Mills Reservoir.

References

1. U.S. Geological Survey Geographic Names Information System: Diamond Hill Reservoir
2. "Diamond Hill Reservoir". Archived from the original on 2012-10-13. Retrieved 2012-08-20.